#BDBAC7#BDBAC7

#BDBAC7 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.018 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAC7
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 199)
HSL	hsl(254, 10%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(254, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 6.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, 3.51, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 7.10, 299.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% 0.0082 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.018 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8521, 50.0601, 61.1107)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAC7 #C4C7BA

analogous

#BABDC7 #BDBAC7 #C3BAC7

triadic

#BDBAC7 #C7BDBA #BAC7BD

tetradic

#BDBAC7 #C7BABD #C4C7BA #BAC7C3

square

#BDBAC7 #C7BABD #C4C7BA #BAC7C3

split-complementary

#BDBAC7 #C7C3BA #BDC7BA

monochromatic

#7C7690 #9D98AC #BDBAC7 #DDDCE2 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBAC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BDBAC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAC7

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAC7	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.018 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced8',
    500: '#bdbac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbac7;
$custom-light: #d0ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 10.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79532,
    "c": 0.01842,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAC7

secondary

#979A8B

accent

#945185

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAC7

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

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