#BFB9CD#BFB9CD

#BFB9CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.029 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9CD
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, 5.90, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 11.01, 302.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0141 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.029 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8522, 50.1820, 64.8055)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9CD #C7CDB9

analogous

#B9BDCD #BFB9CD #C9B9CD

triadic

#BFB9CD #CDBFB9 #B9CDBF

tetradic

#BFB9CD #CDB9BD #C7CDB9 #B9CDC9

square

#BFB9CD #CDB9BD #C7CDB9 #B9CDC9

split-complementary

#BFB9CD #CDC9B9 #BDCDB9

monochromatic

#7E729A #9E95B4 #BFB9CD #E0DDE7 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BFB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9CD

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9CD	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.029 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cedc',
    500: '#bfb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9cd;
$custom-light: #d2cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79686,
    "c": 0.02864,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9CD

secondary

#9AA189

accent

#9B4B83

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9CD

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

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