#BFB3CE#BFB3CE

#BFB3CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.040 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB3CE
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, 9.35, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 15.28, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% 0.0232 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.04 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7445, 47.7729, 65.0337)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB3CE #C2CEB3

analogous

#B3B4CE #BFB3CE #CCB3CE

triadic

#BFB3CE #CEBFB3 #B3CEBF

tetradic

#BFB3CE #CEB3B4 #C2CEB3 #B3CECC

square

#BFB3CE #CEB3B4 #C2CEB3 #B3CECC

split-complementary

#BFB3CE #CECCB3 #B4CEB3

monochromatic

#80699E #A08EB6 #BFB3CE #DED8E6 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BFB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB3CE

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB3CE	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.040 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c9dd',
    500: '#bfb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb3ce;
$custom-light: #d2c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 21.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78527,
    "c": 0.03993,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB3CE

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A04578

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB3CE

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

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