#BDB8D2#BDB8D2

#BDB8D2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.037 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8D2
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 210)
HSL	hsl(252, 22%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(252, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 12.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, 6.78, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 14.16, 298.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% 0.0152 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.037 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7573, 49.7527, 67.9421)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8D2 #CDD2B8

analogous

#B8C0D2 #BDB8D2 #CAB8D2

triadic

#BDB8D2 #D2BDB8 #B8D2BD

tetradic

#BDB8D2 #D2B8C0 #CDD2B8 #B8D2CA

square

#BDB8D2 #D2B8C0 #CDD2B8 #B8D2CA

split-complementary

#BDB8D2 #D2CAB8 #C0D2B8

monochromatic

#776DA3 #9A93BA #BDB8D2 #E0DDEA #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDB8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BDB8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8D2

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8D2	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BBD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.037 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cddf',
    500: '#bdb8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8d2;
$custom-light: #d1cddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79492,
    "c": 0.03677,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8D2

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A1458F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8D2

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

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