#BFB6CB#BFB6CB

#BFB6CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.031 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB6CB
RGB	rgb(191, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(266, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, 7.13, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 11.83, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% 0.0177 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.031 305)
XYZ	xyz(48.9914, 48.8441, 63.3352)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB6CB #C2CBB6

analogous

#B6B7CB #BFB6CB #C9B6CB

triadic

#BFB6CB #CBBFB6 #B6CBBF

tetradic

#BFB6CB #CBB6B7 #C2CBB6 #B6CBC9

square

#BFB6CB #CBB6B7 #C2CBB6 #B6CBC9

split-complementary

#BFB6CB #CBC9B6 #B7CBB6

monochromatic

#806F98 #A092B2 #BFB6CB #DEDAE4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFB6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BFB6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB6CB

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB6CB	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.031 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbda',
    500: '#bfb6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb6cb;
$custom-light: #d2cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 16.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79021,
    "c": 0.0309,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.48844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB6CB

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4A79

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB6CB

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

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