#BFB9CA#BFB9CA

#BFB9CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.025 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9CA
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(261, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, 5.31, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 9.44, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.013 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.025 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4936, 50.0386, 62.9166)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9CA #C4CAB9

analogous

#B9BBCA #BFB9CA #C7B9CA

triadic

#BFB9CA #CABFB9 #B9CABF

tetradic

#BFB9CA #CAB9BB #C4CAB9 #B9CAC7

square

#BFB9CA #CAB9BB #C4CAB9 #B9CAC7

split-complementary

#BFB9CA #CAC7B9 #BBCAB9

monochromatic

#7F7395 #9F96B0 #BFB9CA #DFDCE4 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BFB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9CA

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9CA	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)

#B6BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.025 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceda',
    500: '#bfb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9ca;
$custom-light: #d2ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 13.821,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79589,
    "c": 0.02457,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9CA

secondary

#979E89

accent

#984E7E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFB

border

#D4D3D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9CA

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

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