#BFB8D2#BFB8D2

#BFB8D2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.037 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8D2
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 210)
HSL	hsl(256, 22%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(256, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 12.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, 7.44, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 14.27, 301.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% 0.0173 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.037 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2570, 50.0104, 67.9656)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8D2 #CBD2B8

analogous

#B8BED2 #BFB8D2 #CCB8D2

triadic

#BFB8D2 #D2BFB8 #B8D2BF

tetradic

#BFB8D2 #D2B8BE #CBD2B8 #B8D2CC

square

#BFB8D2 #D2B8BE #CBD2B8 #B8D2CC

split-complementary

#BFB8D2 #D2CCB8 #BED2B8

monochromatic

#7B6DA3 #9D93BA #BFB8D2 #E1DDEA #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFB8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BFB8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8D2

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8D2	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.037 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cddf',
    500: '#bfb8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8d2;
$custom-light: #d2cddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79654,
    "c": 0.03708,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8D2

secondary

#9FA787

accent

#A14588

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8D2

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

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