#BFB3C8#BFB3C8

#BFB3C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.032 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB3C8
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 16%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(274, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, 8.17, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 12.21, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.0211 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.032 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0295, 47.4869, 61.2680)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB3C8 #BCC8B3

analogous

#B5B3C8 #BFB3C8 #C8B3C7

triadic

#BFB3C8 #C8BFB3 #B3C8BF

tetradic

#BFB3C8 #C8B5B3 #BCC8B3 #B3C7C8

square

#BFB3C8 #C8B5B3 #BCC8B3 #B3C7C8

split-complementary

#BFB3C8 #C7C8B3 #B3C8B5

monochromatic

#836C95 #A18FAE #BFB3C8 #DDD7E2 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BFB3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BFB3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB3C8

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB3C8	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.032 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c9d8',
    500: '#bfb3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb3c8;
$custom-light: #d2c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 16.031,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78325,
    "c": 0.03215,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB3C8

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9A4B6D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB3C8

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

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