#BFB0C8#BFB0C8

#BFB0C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.037 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB0C8
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(278, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, 9.80, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 14.16, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% 0.0255 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.037 313)
XYZ	xyz(47.4348, 46.2974, 61.0698)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB0C8 #B9C8B0

analogous

#B3B0C8 #BFB0C8 #C8B0C5

triadic

#BFB0C8 #C8BFB0 #B0C8BF

tetradic

#BFB0C8 #C8B3B0 #B9C8B0 #B0C5C8

square

#BFB0C8 #C8B3B0 #B9C8B0 #B0C5C8

split-complementary

#BFB0C8 #C5C8B0 #B0C8B3

monochromatic

#846896 #A28CAF #BFB0C8 #DCD4E1 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BFB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BFB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB0C8

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB0C8	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.037 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c7d8',
    500: '#bfb0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb0c8;
$custom-light: #d2c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77732,
    "c": 0.0374,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.46297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB0C8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9C4968

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB0C8

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

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