#BFB9D2#BFB9D2

#BFB9D2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.035 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9D2
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 210)
HSL	hsl(254, 22%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 11.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 6.90, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 13.66, 300.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0159 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.035 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4654, 50.4273, 68.0351)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9D2 #CCD2B9

analogous

#B9C0D2 #BFB9D2 #CCB9D2

triadic

#BFB9D2 #D2BFB9 #B9D2BF

tetradic

#BFB9D2 #D2B9C0 #CCD2B9 #B9D2CC

square

#BFB9D2 #D2B9C0 #CCD2B9 #B9D2CC

split-complementary

#BFB9D2 #D2CCB9 #C0D2B9

monochromatic

#7B6EA2 #9D94BA #BFB9D2 #E1DEEA #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFB9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BFB9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9D2

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9D2	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.035 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cedf',
    500: '#bfb9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9d2;
$custom-light: #d2cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79853,
    "c": 0.03549,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9D2

secondary

#A0A788

accent

#A0458A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9D2

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

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