#BDB9CD#BDB9CD

#BDB9CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.028 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9CD
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(252, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 5.23, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 10.89, 298.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% 0.0119 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.028 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3526, 49.9244, 64.7821)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9CD #C9CDB9

analogous

#B9BFCD #BDB9CD #C7B9CD

triadic

#BDB9CD #CDBDB9 #B9CDBD

tetradic

#BDB9CD #CDB9BF #C9CDB9 #B9CDC7

square

#BDB9CD #CDB9BF #C9CDB9 #B9CDC7

split-complementary

#BDB9CD #CDC7B9 #BFCDB9

monochromatic

#7A729A #9B95B4 #BDB9CD #DFDDE7 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BDB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9CD

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9CD	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.028 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cedc',
    500: '#bdb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9cd;
$custom-light: #d1cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79524,
    "c": 0.02827,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9CD

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9B4B8B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9CD

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

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