#BFB5CE#BFB5CE

#BFB5CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.037 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5CE
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, 8.26, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 14.02, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0203 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.037 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1483, 48.5804, 65.1683)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5CE #C4CEB5

analogous

#B5B7CE #BFB5CE #CBB5CE

triadic

#BFB5CE #CEBFB5 #B5CEBF

tetradic

#BFB5CE #CEB5B7 #C4CEB5 #B5CECB

square

#BFB5CE #CEB5B7 #C4CEB5 #B5CECB

split-complementary

#BFB5CE #CECBB5 #B7CEB5

monochromatic

#7F6B9D #9F90B6 #BFB5CE #DFDAE6 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BFB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5CE

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5CE	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.037 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbdd',
    500: '#bfb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5ce;
$custom-light: #d2cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78923,
    "c": 0.03657,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5CE

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9F477C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5CE

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

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