#BFB8CB#BFB8CB

#BFB8CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.028 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8CB
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(262, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, 6.04, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 10.58, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% 0.0148 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.028 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4039, 49.6692, 63.4727)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8CB #C4CBB8

analogous

#B8BACB #BFB8CB #C8B8CB

triadic

#BFB8CB #CBBFB8 #B8CBBF

tetradic

#BFB8CB #CBB8BA #C4CBB8 #B8CBC8

square

#BFB8CB #CBB8BA #C4CBB8 #B8CBC8

split-complementary

#BFB8CB #CBC8B8 #BACBB8

monochromatic

#7F7197 #9F95B1 #BFB8CB #DFDBE5 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BFB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8CB

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8CB	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.028 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdda',
    500: '#bfb8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8cb;
$custom-light: #d2cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 15.447,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79421,
    "c": 0.02756,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8CB

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9A4C7D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8CB

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

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