#BFB5CC#BFB5CC

#BFB5CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.034 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5CC
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(266, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, 7.87, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 12.98, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% 0.0196 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.034 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9069, 48.4838, 63.8968)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5CC #C2CCB5

analogous

#B5B6CC #BFB5CC #CAB5CC

triadic

#BFB5CC #CCBFB5 #B5CCBF

tetradic

#BFB5CC #CCB5B6 #C2CCB5 #B5CCCA

square

#BFB5CC #CCB5B6 #C2CCB5 #B5CCCA

split-complementary

#BFB5CC #CCCAB5 #B6CCB5

monochromatic

#806D9A #A091B3 #BFB5CC #DED9E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BFB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5CC

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5CC	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.034 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbdb',
    500: '#bfb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5cc;
$custom-light: #d2cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78855,
    "c": 0.03391,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5CC

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D4978

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5CC

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

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