#BFB4C8#BFB4C8

#BFB4C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.030 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4C8
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(273, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, 7.62, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 11.57, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% 0.0196 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.03 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2307, 47.8892, 61.3350)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4C8 #BDC8B4

analogous

#B5B4C8 #BFB4C8 #C8B4C7

triadic

#BFB4C8 #C8BFB4 #B4C8BF

tetradic

#BFB4C8 #C8B5B4 #BDC8B4 #B4C7C8

square

#BFB4C8 #C8B5B4 #BDC8B4 #B4C7C8

split-complementary

#BFB4C8 #C7C8B4 #B4C8B5

monochromatic

#836D94 #A191AE #BFB4C8 #DDD7E2 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BFB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4C8

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4C8	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.030 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cad8',
    500: '#bfb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4c8;
$custom-light: #d2cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78524,
    "c": 0.03041,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4C8

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9A4C6F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4C8

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

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