#BDB9CB#BDB9CB

#BDB9CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.026 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9CB
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(253, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, 4.83, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 9.82, 299.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% 0.0112 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.026 296)
XYZ	xyz(49.1127, 49.8284, 63.5188)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9CB #C7CBB9

analogous

#B9BECB #BDB9CB #C6B9CB

triadic

#BDB9CB #CBBDB9 #B9CBBD

tetradic

#BDB9CB #CBB9BE #C7CBB9 #B9CBC6

square

#BDB9CB #CBB9BE #C7CBB9 #B9CBC6

split-complementary

#BDB9CB #CBC6B9 #BECBB9

monochromatic

#7B7397 #9C96B1 #BDB9CB #DEDCE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BDB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9CB

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9CB	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.026 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceda',
    500: '#bdb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9cb;
$custom-light: #d0ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79459,
    "c": 0.02551,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.49829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9CB

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#994D88

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9CB

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

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