#BFB9CF#BFB9CF

#BFB9CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.031 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9CF
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(256, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(256, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 6.30, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 12.07, 301.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% 0.0148 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.031 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0952, 50.2792, 66.0851)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9CF #C9CFB9

analogous

#B9BECF #BFB9CF #CAB9CF

triadic

#BFB9CF #CFBFB9 #B9CFBF

tetradic

#BFB9CF #CFB9BE #C9CFB9 #B9CFCA

square

#BFB9CF #CFB9BE #C9CFB9 #B9CFCA

split-complementary

#BFB9CF #CFCAB9 #BECFB9

monochromatic

#7D709D #9E95B6 #BFB9CF #E0DDE8 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BFB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9CF

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9CF	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.031 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cedd',
    500: '#bfb9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9cf;
$custom-light: #d2cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 18.644,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79753,
    "c": 0.03137,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9CF

secondary

#9CA488

accent

#9D4986

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9CF

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

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