#BFB9CC#BFB9CC

#BFB9CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.027 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9CC
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(259, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 5.70, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 10.49, 302.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% 0.0137 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.027 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7319, 50.1339, 64.1718)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9CC #C6CCB9

analogous

#B9BDCC #BFB9CC #C9B9CC

triadic

#BFB9CC #CCBFB9 #B9CCBF

tetradic

#BFB9CC #CCB9BD #C6CCB9 #B9CCC9

square

#BFB9CC #CCB9BD #C6CCB9 #B9CCC9

split-complementary

#BFB9CC #CCC9B9 #BDCCB9

monochromatic

#7E7298 #9F96B2 #BFB9CC #DFDCE6 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BFB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9CC

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9CC	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.027 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cedb',
    500: '#bfb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9cc;
$custom-light: #d2cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79654,
    "c": 0.02727,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9CC

secondary

#99A089

accent

#9A4C81

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFB

border

#D4D3D4

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9CC

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

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