#BFB5CF#BFB5CF

#BFB5CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.038 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5CF
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(263, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, 8.46, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 14.54, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0206 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.038 303)
XYZ	xyz(49.2702, 48.6291, 65.8101)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5CF #C5CFB5

analogous

#B5B8CF #BFB5CF #CCB5CF

triadic

#BFB5CF #CFBFB5 #B5CFBF

tetradic

#BFB5CF #CFB5B8 #C5CFB5 #B5CFCC

square

#BFB5CF #CFB5B8 #C5CFB5 #B5CFCC

split-complementary

#BFB5CF #CFCCB5 #B8CFB5

monochromatic

#7F6B9F #9F90B7 #BFB5CF #DFDAE7 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BFB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5CF

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5CF	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.038 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbdd',
    500: '#bfb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5cf;
$custom-light: #d2cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78956,
    "c": 0.0379,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.48629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5CF

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A0467D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5CF

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

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