#BDB7CA#BDB7CA

#BDB7CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.027 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7CA
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 202)
HSL	hsl(259, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, 5.71, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 10.51, 302.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% 0.0137 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.027 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5785, 48.9500, 62.7547)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7CA #C4CAB7

analogous

#B7BACA #BDB7CA #C6B7CA

triadic

#BDB7CA #CABDB7 #B7CABD

tetradic

#BDB7CA #CAB7BA #C4CAB7 #B7CAC6

square

#BDB7CA #CAB7BA #C4CAB7 #B7CAC6

split-complementary

#BDB7CA #CAC6B7 #BACAB7

monochromatic

#7C7096 #9D94B0 #BDB7CA #DDDAE4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDB7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BDB7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7CA

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7CA	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.027 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccda',
    500: '#bdb7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7ca;
$custom-light: #d0ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 15.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79024,
    "c": 0.02733,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7CA

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#994C81

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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