#BFB6C8#BFB6C8

#BFB6C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.027 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB6C8
RGB	rgb(191, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 14%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(270, 9%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, 6.54, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 10.29, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0166 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.027 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6373, 48.7025, 61.4706)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB6C8 #BFC8B6

analogous

#B6B6C8 #BFB6C8 #C8B6C8

triadic

#BFB6C8 #C8BFB6 #B6C8BF

tetradic

#BFB6C8 #C8B6B6 #BFC8B6 #B6C8C8

square

#BFB6C8 #C8B6B6 #BFC8B6 #B6C8C8

split-complementary

#BFB6C8 #C8C8B6 #B6C8B6

monochromatic

#827093 #A093AE #BFB6C8 #DED9E2 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFB6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BFB6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB6C8

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB6C8	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.027 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbd8',
    500: '#bfb6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb6c8;
$custom-light: #d2cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 14.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78923,
    "c": 0.02697,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB6C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#984D73

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB6C8

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

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