#BFABCB#BFABCB

#BFABCB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.050 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABCB
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(278, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, 13.13, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 18.91, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.034 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.05 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8265, 44.5143, 62.6136)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABCB #B7CBAB

analogous

#AFABCB #BFABCB #CBABC7

triadic

#BFABCB #CBBFAB #ABCBBF

tetradic

#BFABCB #CBAFAB #B7CBAB #ABC7CB

square

#BFABCB #CBAFAB #B7CBAB #ABC7CB

split-complementary

#BFABCB #C7CBAB #ABCBAF

monochromatic

#85609B #A285B4 #BFABCB #DCD1E2 #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFABCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BFABCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABCB

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABCB	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfabcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.050 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c4da',
    500: '#bfabcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfabcb;
$custom-light: #d2c4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfabcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76855,
    "c": 0.04996,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABCB

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A24467

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABCB

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

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