#BDB8CE#BDB8CE

#BDB8CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.031 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8CE
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(254, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, 5.97, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 12.02, 299.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.0137 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.031 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2652, 49.5559, 65.3504)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8CE #C9CEB8

analogous

#B8BECE #BDB8CE #C8B8CE

triadic

#BDB8CE #CEBDB8 #B8CEBD

tetradic

#BDB8CE #CEB8BE #C9CEB8 #B8CEC8

square

#BDB8CE #CEB8BE #C9CEB8 #B8CEC8

split-complementary

#BDB8CE #CEC8B8 #BECEB8

monochromatic

#7A709C #9B94B5 #BDB8CE #DFDCE7 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BDB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8CE

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8CE	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.031 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cddd',
    500: '#bdb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8ce;
$custom-light: #d1cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79357,
    "c": 0.03122,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D498A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8CE

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

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