#BFB9CE#BFB9CE

#BFB9CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.030 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9CE
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(257, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, 6.10, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 11.54, 301.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% 0.0144 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.03 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9733, 50.2305, 65.4433)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9CE #C8CEB9

analogous

#B9BECE #BFB9CE #CAB9CE

triadic

#BFB9CE #CEBFB9 #B9CEBF

tetradic

#BFB9CE #CEB9BE #C8CEB9 #B9CECA

square

#BFB9CE #CEB9BE #C8CEB9 #B9CECA

split-complementary

#BFB9CE #CECAB9 #BECEB9

monochromatic

#7D719C #9E95B5 #BFB9CE #E0DDE7 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BFB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9CE

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9CE	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.030 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cedd',
    500: '#bfb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9ce;
$custom-light: #d2cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79719,
    "c": 0.03,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9CE

secondary

#9BA389

accent

#9C4A84

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9CE

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

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