#BFB6DC#BFB6DC

#BFB6DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.054 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB6DC
RGB	rgb(191, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(254, 35%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(254, 17%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, 10.59, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 20.79, 300.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% 0.0237 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.054 296)
XYZ	xyz(51.1294, 49.6993, 74.5955)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB6DC #D3DCB6

analogous

#B6C0DC #BFB6DC #D2B6DC

triadic

#BFB6DC #DCBFB6 #B6DCBF

tetradic

#BFB6DC #DCB6C0 #D3DCB6 #B6DCD2

square

#BFB6DC #DCB6C0 #D3DCB6 #B6DCD2

split-complementary

#BFB6DC #DCD2B6 #C0DCB6

monochromatic

#7663B4 #9B8DC8 #BFB6DC #E3DFF0 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFB6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BFB6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB6DC

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB6DC	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.054 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbe7',
    500: '#bfb6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb6dc;
$custom-light: #d2cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.211,
    "s": 35.185,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7961,
    "c": 0.05399,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB6DC

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AE3792

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB6DC

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

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