#BDB8CB#BDB8CB

#BDB8CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.027 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8CB
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(256, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, 5.37, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 10.43, 301.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% 0.0126 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.027 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9042, 49.4115, 63.4493)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8CB #C6CBB8

analogous

#B8BCCB #BDB8CB #C6B8CB

triadic

#BDB8CB #CBBDB8 #B8CBBD

tetradic

#BDB8CB #CBB8BC #C6CBB8 #B8CBC6

square

#BDB8CB #CBB8BC #C6CBB8 #B8CBC6

split-complementary

#BDB8CB #CBC6B8 #BCCBB8

monochromatic

#7B7197 #9C95B1 #BDB8CB #DEDBE5 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BDB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8CB

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8CB	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.027 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdda',
    500: '#bdb8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8cb;
$custom-light: #d0cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 15.447,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79257,
    "c": 0.02709,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8CB

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4C85

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8CB

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

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