#BDBACB#BDBACB

#BDBACB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.024 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBACB
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 203)
HSL	hsl(251, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, 4.29, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 9.23, 297.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0097 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.024 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3226, 50.2483, 63.5888)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBACB #C8CBBA

analogous

#BAC0CB #BDBACB #C6BACB

triadic

#BDBACB #CBBDBA #BACBBD

tetradic

#BDBACB #CBBAC0 #C8CBBA #BACBC6

square

#BDBACB #CBBAC0 #C8CBBA #BACBC6

split-complementary

#BDBACB #CBC6BA #C0CBBA

monochromatic

#7A7496 #9C97B1 #BDBACB #DEDDE5 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BDBACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBACB

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBACB	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.024 293.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7966,
    "c": 0.02395,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBACB

secondary

#9B9F8A

accent

#984D8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBACB

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

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