#BDBBC7#BDBBC7

#BDBBC7 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.017 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBC7
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 199)
HSL	hsl(250, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(250, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 2.97, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 6.50, 297.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% 0.0068 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.017 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0635, 50.4829, 61.1811)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBC7 #C5C7BB

analogous

#BBBFC7 #BDBBC7 #C3BBC7

triadic

#BDBBC7 #C7BDBB #BBC7BD

tetradic

#BDBBC7 #C7BBBF #C5C7BB #BBC7C3

square

#BDBBC7 #C7BBBF #C5C7BB #BBC7C3

split-complementary

#BDBBC7 #C7C3BB #BFC7BB

monochromatic

#7C7890 #9C99AB #BDBBC7 #DEDDE3 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBBC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BDBBC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBC7

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBC7	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.017 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd8',
    500: '#bdbbc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbc7;
$custom-light: #d0cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79734,
    "c": 0.01687,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBC7

secondary

#989A8C

accent

#945289

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBC7

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

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