#BDB7DA#BDB7DA

#BDB7DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.049 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7DA
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 218)
HSL	hsl(250, 32%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(250, 16%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, 8.98, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 19.03, 298.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% 0.0194 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.049 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5720, 49.7474, 73.2540)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7DA #D4DAB7

analogous

#B7C2DA #BDB7DA #CEB7DA

triadic

#BDB7DA #DABDB7 #B7DABD

tetradic

#BDB7DA #DAB7C2 #D4DAB7 #B7DACE

square

#BDB7DA #DAB7C2 #D4DAB7 #B7DACE

split-complementary

#BDB7DA #DACEB7 #C2DAB7

monochromatic

#7366B0 #988FC5 #BDB7DA #E2DFEF #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDB7DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BDB7DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7DA

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7DA	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.049 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cce5',
    500: '#bdb7da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7da;
$custom-light: #d1cce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 32.11,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79572,
    "c": 0.04944,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7DA

secondary

#E9EBE0

accent

#AB3B98

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7DA

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

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