#BFBAC9#BFBAC9

#BFBAC9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.022 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAC9
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 201)
HSL	hsl(260, 12%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 4.57, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 8.30, 303.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.0111 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.022 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.5855, 50.4112, 62.3651)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAC9 #C4C9BA

analogous

#BABCC9 #BFBAC9 #C6BAC9

triadic

#BFBAC9 #C9BFBA #BAC9BF

tetradic

#BFBAC9 #C9BABC #C4C9BA #BAC9C6

square

#BFBAC9 #C9BABC #C4C9BA #BAC9C6

split-complementary

#BFBAC9 #C9C6BA #BCC9BA

monochromatic

#7F7593 #9F98AE #BFBAC9 #DFDCE4 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BFBAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAC9

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAC9	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.022 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ced9',
    500: '#bfbac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbac9;
$custom-light: #d2ced9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79757,
    "c": 0.02159,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAC9

secondary

#979D8A

accent

#964F7F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAC9

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

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