#BFB5CB#BFB5CB

#BFB5CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.033 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5CB
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(267, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 7.67, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 12.46, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% 0.0192 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.033 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.7873, 48.4360, 63.2672)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5CB #C1CBB5

analogous

#B5B6CB #BFB5CB #CAB5CB

triadic

#BFB5CB #CBBFB5 #B5CBBF

tetradic

#BFB5CB #CBB5B6 #C1CBB5 #B5CBCA

square

#BFB5CB #CBB5B6 #C1CBB5 #B5CBCA

split-complementary

#BFB5CB #CBCAB5 #B6CBB5

monochromatic

#816D98 #A091B2 #BFB5CB #DED9E4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BFB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5CB

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5CB	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.033 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbda',
    500: '#bfb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5cb;
$custom-light: #d2cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78822,
    "c": 0.03259,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C4A76

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5CB

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

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