#BDB9CC#BDB9CC

#BDB9CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.027 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9CC
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(253, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, 5.03, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 10.36, 299.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% 0.0116 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.027 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2322, 49.8763, 64.1484)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9CC #C8CCB9

analogous

#B9BFCC #BDB9CC #C7B9CC

triadic

#BDB9CC #CCBDB9 #B9CCBD

tetradic

#BDB9CC #CCB9BF #C8CCB9 #B9CCC7

square

#BDB9CC #CCB9BF #C8CCB9 #B9CCC7

split-complementary

#BDB9CC #CCC7B9 #BFCCB9

monochromatic

#7A7298 #9C96B2 #BDB9CC #DEDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9CC

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9CC	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.027 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cedb',
    500: '#bdb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9cc;
$custom-light: #d0cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79491,
    "c": 0.02689,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9CC

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4C89

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9CC

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

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