#BFB5CA#BFB5CA

#BFB5CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.031 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5CA
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(269, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 7.47, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 11.95, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% 0.0188 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.031 307)
XYZ	xyz(48.6685, 48.3885, 62.6416)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5CA #C0CAB5

analogous

#B5B6CA #BFB5CA #C9B5CA

triadic

#BFB5CA #CABFB5 #B5CABF

tetradic

#BFB5CA #CAB5B6 #C0CAB5 #B5CAC9

square

#BFB5CA #CAB5B6 #C0CAB5 #B5CAC9

split-complementary

#BFB5CA #CAC9B5 #B6CAB5

monochromatic

#816E97 #A091B0 #BFB5CA #DED9E4 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BFB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5CA

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5CA	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.031 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbda',
    500: '#bfb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5ca;
$custom-light: #d2cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 16.535,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78789,
    "c": 0.03128,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.48388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5CA

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4B75

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5CA

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

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