#BFABCD#BFABCD

#BFABCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.052 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABCD
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(275, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, 13.53, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 19.91, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% 0.0347 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.052 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0664, 44.6103, 63.8769)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABCD #B9CDAB

analogous

#AEABCD #BFABCD #CDABCA

triadic

#BFABCD #CDBFAB #ABCDBF

tetradic

#BFABCD #CDAEAB #B9CDAB #ABCACD

square

#BFABCD #CDAEAB #B9CDAB #ABCACD

split-complementary

#BFABCD #CACDAB #ABCDAE

monochromatic

#845F9F #A285B6 #BFABCD #DCD1E4 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BFABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABCD

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABCD	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfabcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.052 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c4dc',
    500: '#bfabcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfabcd;
$custom-light: #d2c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfabcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76925,
    "c": 0.05247,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABCD

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A4426A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABCD

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

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