#BDB7CF#BDB7CF

#BDB7CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.034 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7CF
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 207)
HSL	hsl(255, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(255, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 6.71, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 13.16, 300.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% 0.0156 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.034 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1801, 49.1907, 65.9232)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7CF #C9CFB7

analogous

#B7BDCF #BDB7CF #C9B7CF

triadic

#BDB7CF #CFBDB7 #B7CFBD

tetradic

#BDB7CF #CFB7BD #C9CFB7 #B7CFC9

square

#BDB7CF #CFB7BD #C9CFB7 #B7CFC9

split-complementary

#BDB7CF #CFC9B7 #BDCFB7

monochromatic

#7A6E9E #9B92B7 #BDB7CF #DFDCE7 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB7CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BDB7CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7CF

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7CF	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.034 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ccdd',
    500: '#bdb7cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7cf;
$custom-light: #d1ccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7919,
    "c": 0.03418,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7CF

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4789

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7CF

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

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