#BDB8CA#BDB8CA

#BDB8CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.026 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8CA
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(257, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(257, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, 5.17, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 9.90, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% 0.0123 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.026 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7855, 49.3640, 62.8237)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8CA #C5CAB8

analogous

#B8BCCA #BDB8CA #C6B8CA

triadic

#BDB8CA #CABDB8 #B8CABD

tetradic

#BDB8CA #CAB8BC #C5CAB8 #B8CAC6

square

#BDB8CA #CAB8BC #C5CAB8 #B8CAC6

split-complementary

#BDB8CA #CAC6B8 #BCCAB8

monochromatic

#7C7296 #9C95B0 #BDB8CA #DEDBE4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BDB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8CA

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8CA	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.026 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdda',
    500: '#bdb8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8ca;
$custom-light: #d0cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79225,
    "c": 0.02572,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#994D84

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8CA

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

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