#BFB8CE#BFB8CE

#BFB8CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.032 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8CE
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(259, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, 6.64, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 12.15, 303.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% 0.0159 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.032 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7649, 49.8135, 65.3738)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8CE #C7CEB8

analogous

#B8BCCE #BFB8CE #CAB8CE

triadic

#BFB8CE #CEBFB8 #B8CEBF

tetradic

#BFB8CE #CEB8BC #C7CEB8 #B8CECA

square

#BFB8CE #CEB8BC #C7CEB8 #B8CECA

split-complementary

#BFB8CE #CECAB8 #BCCEB8

monochromatic

#7E709C #9E94B5 #BFB8CE #E0DCE7 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BFB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8CE

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8CE	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.032 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cddd',
    500: '#bfb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8ce;
$custom-light: #d2cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7952,
    "c": 0.03161,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4982

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8CE

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

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