#BDB8CD#BDB8CD

#BDB8CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.030 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8CD
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, 5.77, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 11.49, 300.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% 0.0134 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.03 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1441, 49.5075, 64.7126)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8CD #C8CDB8

analogous

#B8BECD #BDB8CD #C8B8CD

triadic

#BDB8CD #CDBDB8 #B8CDBD

tetradic

#BDB8CD #CDB8BE #C8CDB8 #B8CDC8

square

#BDB8CD #CDB8BE #C8CDB8 #B8CDC8

split-complementary

#BDB8CD #CDC8B8 #BECDB8

monochromatic

#7A709A #9C94B4 #BDB8CD #DEDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BDB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8CD

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8CD	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.030 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cddc',
    500: '#bdb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8cd;
$custom-light: #d1cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79323,
    "c": 0.02984,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4A88

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8CD

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

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