#BDB9CE#BDB9CE

#BDB9CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.030 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9CE
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(251, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, 5.43, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 11.42, 298.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% 0.0123 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.03 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4737, 49.9728, 65.4199)
Luminance	0.4997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9CE #CACEB9

analogous

#B9C0CE #BDB9CE #C8B9CE

triadic

#BDB9CE #CEBDB9 #B9CEBD

tetradic

#BDB9CE #CEB9C0 #CACEB9 #B9CEC8

square

#BDB9CE #CEB9C0 #CACEB9 #B9CEC8

split-complementary

#BDB9CE #CEC8B9 #C0CEB9

monochromatic

#79719C #9B95B5 #BDB9CE #DFDDE7 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BDB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9CE

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9CE	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)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.030 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cedd',
    500: '#bdb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9ce;
$custom-light: #d1cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79557,
    "c": 0.02966,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4A8C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9CE

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

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