#BDB9CA#BDB9CA

#BDB9CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.024 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9CA
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(254, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, 4.63, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 9.29, 299.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0108 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.024 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9939, 49.7809, 62.8932)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9CA #C6CAB9

analogous

#B9BDCA #BDB9CA #C5B9CA

triadic

#BDB9CA #CABDB9 #B9CABD

tetradic

#BDB9CA #CAB9BD #C6CAB9 #B9CAC5

square

#BDB9CA #CAB9BD #C6CAB9 #B9CAC5

split-complementary

#BDB9CA #CAC5B9 #BDCAB9

monochromatic

#7B7395 #9C96B0 #BDB9CA #DEDCE4 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BDB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9CA

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9CA	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.024 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceda',
    500: '#bdb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9ca;
$custom-light: #d0ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 13.821,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79426,
    "c": 0.02413,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#984E86

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9CA

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

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