#BFB2C8#BFB2C8

#BFB2C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.034 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB2C8
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(275, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, 8.71, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 12.86, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% 0.0225 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.034 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8298, 47.0875, 61.2014)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB2C8 #BBC8B2

analogous

#B4B2C8 #BFB2C8 #C8B2C6

triadic

#BFB2C8 #C8BFB2 #B2C8BF

tetradic

#BFB2C8 #C8B4B2 #BBC8B2 #B2C6C8

square

#BFB2C8 #C8B4B2 #BBC8B2 #B2C6C8

split-complementary

#BFB2C8 #C6C8B2 #B2C8B4

monochromatic

#846B95 #A18EAF #BFB2C8 #DDD6E2 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BFB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BFB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB2C8

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB2C8	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.034 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c9d8',
    500: '#bfb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb2c8;
$custom-light: #d2c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78127,
    "c": 0.0339,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB2C8

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9B4B6B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB2C8

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

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