#BDB7CB#BDB7CB

#BDB7CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.029 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7CB
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 203)
HSL	hsl(258, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 5.91, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 11.04, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% 0.0141 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.029 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6973, 48.9975, 63.3803)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7CB #C5CBB7

analogous

#B7BBCB #BDB7CB #C7B7CB

triadic

#BDB7CB #CBBDB7 #B7CBBD

tetradic

#BDB7CB #CBB7BB #C5CBB7 #B7CBC7

square

#BDB7CB #CBB7BB #C5CBB7 #B7CBC7

split-complementary

#BDB7CB #CBC7B7 #BBCBB7

monochromatic

#7C7098 #9C93B1 #BDB7CB #DEDBE5 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BDB7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7CB

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7CB	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.029 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccda',
    500: '#bdb7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7cb;
$custom-light: #d0ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79057,
    "c": 0.02869,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7CB

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4B83

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7CB

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

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