#BFB9C8#BFB9C8

#BFB9C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.022 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9C8
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(264, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, 4.92, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 8.39, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% 0.0122 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.022 304)
XYZ	xyz(49.2583, 49.9445, 61.6776)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9C8 #C2C8B9

analogous

#B9BAC8 #BFB9C8 #C6B9C8

triadic

#BFB9C8 #C8BFB9 #B9C8BF

tetradic

#BFB9C8 #C8B9BA #C2C8B9 #B9C8C6

square

#BFB9C8 #C8B9BA #C2C8B9 #B9C8C6

split-complementary

#BFB9C8 #C8C6B9 #BAC8B9

monochromatic

#807492 #A097AD #BFB9C8 #DEDBE3 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BFB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9C8

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9C8	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.022 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ced8',
    500: '#bfb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9c8;
$custom-light: #d2ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79524,
    "c": 0.02189,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.49944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#964F7A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9C8

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

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