#BFBAC8#BFBAC8

#BFBAC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.020 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAC8
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(261, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, 4.38, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 7.77, 304.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% 0.0108 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.02 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4682, 50.3643, 61.7476)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAC8 #C3C8BA

analogous

#BABCC8 #BFBAC8 #C6BAC8

triadic

#BFBAC8 #C8BFBA #BAC8BF

tetradic

#BFBAC8 #C8BABC #C3C8BA #BAC8C6

square

#BFBAC8 #C8BABC #C3C8BA #BAC8C6

split-complementary

#BFBAC8 #C8C6BA #BCC8BA

monochromatic

#807692 #9F98AD #BFBAC8 #DFDCE3 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BFBAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAC8

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAC8	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.020 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ced8',
    500: '#bfbac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbac8;
$custom-light: #d2ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79726,
    "c": 0.02024,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAC8

secondary

#969C8B

accent

#95507D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAC8

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

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