#BDB7CE#BDB7CE

#BDB7CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.033 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7CE
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 206)
HSL	hsl(256, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, 6.51, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 12.63, 301.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0152 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.033 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0582, 49.1419, 65.2814)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7CE #C8CEB7

analogous

#B7BDCE #BDB7CE #C9B7CE

triadic

#BDB7CE #CEBDB7 #B7CEBD

tetradic

#BDB7CE #CEB7BD #C8CEB7 #B7CEC9

square

#BDB7CE #CEB7BD #C8CEB7 #B7CEC9

split-complementary

#BDB7CE #CEC9B7 #BDCEB7

monochromatic

#7A6E9C #9C93B5 #BDB7CE #DEDBE7 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BDB7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7CE

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7CE	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.033 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ccdd',
    500: '#bdb7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7ce;
$custom-light: #d1ccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 19.008,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79157,
    "c": 0.03281,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4887

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7CE

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

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