#BDB7CD#BDB7CD

#BDB7CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.031 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7CD
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 6.31, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 12.10, 301.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% 0.0148 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.031 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9371, 49.0935, 64.6436)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7CD #C7CDB7

analogous

#B7BCCD #BDB7CD #C8B7CD

triadic

#BDB7CD #CDBDB7 #B7CDBD

tetradic

#BDB7CD #CDB7BC #C7CDB7 #B7CDC8

square

#BDB7CD #CDB7BC #C7CDB7 #B7CDC8

split-complementary

#BDB7CD #CDC8B7 #BCCDB7

monochromatic

#7B6F9B #9C93B4 #BDB7CD #DEDBE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BDB7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7CD

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7CD	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.031 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ccdc',
    500: '#bdb7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7cd;
$custom-light: #d1ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 18.033,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79123,
    "c": 0.03142,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4986

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7CD

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

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