#BFB8D3#BFB8D3

#BFB8D3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.038 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8D3
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 211)
HSL	hsl(256, 23%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(256, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, 7.64, -12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 14.80, 301.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0177 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.038 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3819, 50.0604, 68.6237)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8D3 #CCD3B8

analogous

#B8BED3 #BFB8D3 #CDB8D3

triadic

#BFB8D3 #D3BFB8 #B8D3BF

tetradic

#BFB8D3 #D3B8BE #CCD3B8 #B8D3CD

square

#BFB8D3 #D3B8BE #CCD3B8 #B8D3CD

split-complementary

#BFB8D3 #D3CDB8 #BED3B8

monochromatic

#7B6CA4 #9D92BC #BFB8D3 #E1DEEA #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFB8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BFB8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8D3

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8D3	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.038 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cde0',
    500: '#bfb8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8d3;
$custom-light: #d2cde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 23.478,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79688,
    "c": 0.03845,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8D3

secondary

#A0A987

accent

#A24489

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8D3

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

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