#BDB7DB#BDB7DB

#BDB7DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.051 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7DB
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 219)
HSL	hsl(250, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(250, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, 9.19, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 19.56, 298.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% 0.0197 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.051 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7032, 49.7999, 73.9452)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7DB #D5DBB7

analogous

#B7C3DB #BDB7DB #CFB7DB

triadic

#BDB7DB #DBBDB7 #B7DBBD

tetradic

#BDB7DB #DBB7C3 #D5DBB7 #B7DBCF

square

#BDB7DB #DBB7C3 #D5DBB7 #B7DBCF

split-complementary

#BDB7DB #DBCFB7 #C3DBB7

monochromatic

#7265B2 #988EC7 #BDB7DB #E2E0EF #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDB7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BDB7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7DB

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7DB	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.051 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cce6',
    500: '#bdb7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7db;
$custom-light: #d1cce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79608,
    "c": 0.05083,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7DB

secondary

#E9EBE0

accent

#AC3999

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7DB

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

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