#BFB9CB#BFB9CB

#BFB9CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.026 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9CB
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(260, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, 5.50, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 9.96, 303.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% 0.0133 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.026 301)
XYZ	xyz(49.6124, 50.0861, 63.5422)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9CB #C5CBB9

analogous

#B9BCCB #BFB9CB #C8B9CB

triadic

#BFB9CB #CBBFB9 #B9CBBF

tetradic

#BFB9CB #CBB9BC #C5CBB9 #B9CBC8

square

#BFB9CB #CBB9BC #C5CBB9 #B9CBC8

split-complementary

#BFB9CB #CBC8B9 #BCCBB9

monochromatic

#7F7397 #9F96B1 #BFB9CB #DFDCE5 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BFB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9CB

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9CB	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.026 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceda',
    500: '#bfb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9cb;
$custom-light: #d2ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79621,
    "c": 0.02592,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.50086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9CB

secondary

#989F89

accent

#994D7F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFB

border

#D4D3D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9CB

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

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