#BFB5C8#BFB5C8

#BFB5C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.029 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5C8
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(272, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 7.08, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 10.93, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.0181 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.029 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4333, 48.2944, 61.4026)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5C8 #BEC8B5

analogous

#B6B5C8 #BFB5C8 #C8B5C8

triadic

#BFB5C8 #C8BFB5 #B5C8BF

tetradic

#BFB5C8 #C8B6B5 #BEC8B5 #B5C8C8

square

#BFB5C8 #C8B6B5 #BEC8B5 #B5C8C8

split-complementary

#BFB5C8 #C8C8B5 #B5C8B6

monochromatic

#826F94 #A192AE #BFB5C8 #DDD8E2 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BFB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5C8

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5C8	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.029 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbd8',
    500: '#bfb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5c8;
$custom-light: #d2cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 14.729,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78723,
    "c": 0.02869,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5C8

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#994D71

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5C8

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

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