#BFB4CE#BFB4CE

#BFB4CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.038 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4CE
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 8.81, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 14.65, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.0217 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.038 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9457, 48.1752, 65.1007)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4CE #C3CEB4

analogous

#B4B6CE #BFB4CE #CCB4CE

triadic

#BFB4CE #CEBFB4 #B4CEBF

tetradic

#BFB4CE #CEB4B6 #C3CEB4 #B4CECC

square

#BFB4CE #CEB4B6 #C3CEB4 #B4CECC

split-complementary

#BFB4CE #CECCB4 #B6CEB4

monochromatic

#806A9E #9F8FB6 #BFB4CE #DFD9E6 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4CE

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4CE	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.038 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cadd',
    500: '#bfb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4ce;
$custom-light: #d2cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.03824,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4CE

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9F467A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4CE

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

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