#BFB8CD#BFB8CD

#BFB8CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.030 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8CD
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(260, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, 6.44, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 11.63, 303.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% 0.0155 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.03 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6438, 49.7651, 64.7360)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8CD #C6CDB8

analogous

#B8BCCD #BFB8CD #CAB8CD

triadic

#BFB8CD #CDBFB8 #B8CDBF

tetradic

#BFB8CD #CDB8BC #C6CDB8 #B8CDCA

square

#BFB8CD #CDB8BC #C6CDB8 #B8CDCA

split-complementary

#BFB8CD #CDCAB8 #BCCDB8

monochromatic

#7E709A #9F94B4 #BFB8CD #DFDCE6 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BFB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8CD

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8CD	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.030 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cddc',
    500: '#bfb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8cd;
$custom-light: #d2cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79486,
    "c": 0.03026,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4A80

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8CD

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

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