#BFB2C5#BFB2C5

#BFB2C5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.030 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB2C5
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 197)
HSL	hsl(281, 14%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(281, 10%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, 8.13, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 11.37, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% 0.0215 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.03 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4827, 46.9486, 59.3730)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB2C5 #B8C5B2

analogous

#B5B2C5 #BFB2C5 #C5B2C1

triadic

#BFB2C5 #C5BFB2 #B2C5BF

tetradic

#BFB2C5 #C5B5B2 #B8C5B2 #B2C1C5

square

#BFB2C5 #C5B5B2 #B8C5B2 #B2C1C5

split-complementary

#BFB2C5 #C1C5B2 #B2C5B5

monochromatic

#856D90 #A28FAB #BFB2C5 #DCD5DF #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BFB2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BFB2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB2C5

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB2C5	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.030 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c9d6',
    500: '#bfb2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb2c5;
$custom-light: #d2c9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 14.074,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78028,
    "c": 0.03017,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB2C5

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#984D65

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB2C5

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

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