#BFBAC5#BFBAC5

#BFBAC5 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.016 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAC5
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 197)
HSL	hsl(267, 9%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 6%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, 3.80, -4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 6.22, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.0096 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.016 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1211, 50.2254, 59.9192)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAC5 #C0C5BA

analogous

#BABBC5 #BFBAC5 #C4BAC5

triadic

#BFBAC5 #C5BFBA #BAC5BF

tetradic

#BFBAC5 #C5BABB #C0C5BA #BAC5C4

square

#BFBAC5 #C5BABB #C0C5BA #BAC5C4

split-complementary

#BFBAC5 #C5C4BA #BBC5BA

monochromatic

#81778D #A099A9 #BFBAC5 #DEDBE1 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BFBAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAC5

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAC5	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)

#B8BCC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.016 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ced6',
    500: '#bfbac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbac5;
$custom-light: #d2ced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 8.661,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79631,
    "c": 0.01625,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAC5

secondary

#92988B

accent

#935376

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAC5

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

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