#BFB8CC#BFB8CC

#BFB8CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.029 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8CC
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(261, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 6.24, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 11.10, 304.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% 0.0152 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.029 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5234, 49.7170, 64.1024)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8CC #C5CCB8

analogous

#B8BBCC #BFB8CC #C9B8CC

triadic

#BFB8CC #CCBFB8 #B8CCBF

tetradic

#BFB8CC #CCB8BB #C5CCB8 #B8CCC9

square

#BFB8CC #CCB8BB #C5CCB8 #B8CCC9

split-complementary

#BFB8CC #CCC9B8 #BBCCB8

monochromatic

#7F7199 #9F94B2 #BFB8CC #DFDCE6 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BFB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8CC

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8CC	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)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.029 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cddb',
    500: '#bfb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8cc;
$custom-light: #d2cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 16.393,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79454,
    "c": 0.02891,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8CC

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4B7F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8CC

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

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