#BFB1C8#BFB1C8

#BFB1C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.036 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB1C8
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 200)
HSL	hsl(277, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(277, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, 9.26, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 13.51, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.024 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.036 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6316, 46.6910, 61.1354)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB1C8 #BAC8B1

analogous

#B4B1C8 #BFB1C8 #C8B1C6

triadic

#BFB1C8 #C8BFB1 #B1C8BF

tetradic

#BFB1C8 #C8B4B1 #BAC8B1 #B1C6C8

square

#BFB1C8 #C8B4B1 #BAC8B1 #B1C6C8

split-complementary

#BFB1C8 #C6C8B1 #B1C8B4

monochromatic

#846995 #A28DAF #BFB1C8 #DCD5E1 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BFB1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BFB1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB1C8

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB1C8	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.036 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c8d8',
    500: '#bfb1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb1c8;
$custom-light: #d2c8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77929,
    "c": 0.03565,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB1C8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9C4A6A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB1C8

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

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