#BFB5CD#BFB5CD

#BFB5CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.035 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5CD
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, 8.06, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 13.50, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0.0199 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.035 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0272, 48.5320, 64.5305)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5CD #C3CDB5

analogous

#B5B7CD #BFB5CD #CBB5CD

triadic

#BFB5CD #CDBFB5 #B5CDBF

tetradic

#BFB5CD #CDB5B7 #C3CDB5 #B5CDCB

square

#BFB5CD #CDB5B7 #C3CDB5 #B5CDCB

split-complementary

#BFB5CD #CDCBB5 #B7CDB5

monochromatic

#806C9C #9F90B4 #BFB5CD #DFDAE6 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BFB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5CD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5CD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.035 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbdc',
    500: '#bfb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5cd;
$custom-light: #d2cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78889,
    "c": 0.03523,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5CD

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E487A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5CD

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

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