#BDB8CC#BDB8CC

#BDB8CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.028 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8CC
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(255, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(255, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, 5.57, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 10.96, 300.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% 0.013 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.028 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0238, 49.4593, 64.0789)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8CC #C7CCB8

analogous

#B8BDCC #BDB8CC #C7B8CC

triadic

#BDB8CC #CCBDB8 #B8CCBD

tetradic

#BDB8CC #CCB8BD #C7CCB8 #B8CCC7

square

#BDB8CC #CCB8BD #C7CCB8 #B8CCC7

split-complementary

#BDB8CC #CCC7B8 #BDCCB8

monochromatic

#7B7199 #9C94B2 #BDB8CC #DEDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BDB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8CC

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8CC	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.028 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cddb',
    500: '#bdb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8cc;
$custom-light: #d0cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 16.393,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7929,
    "c": 0.02846,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8CC

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9B4B87

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8CC

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

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