#BFBACB#BFBACB

#BFBACB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.024 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBACB
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 203)
HSL	hsl(258, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 4.96, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 9.35, 302.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.0119 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.024 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8223, 50.5059, 63.6122)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBACB #C6CBBA

analogous

#BABECB #BFBACB #C8BACB

triadic

#BFBACB #CBBFBA #BACBBF

tetradic

#BFBACB #CBBABE #C6CBBA #BACBC8

square

#BFBACB #CBBABE #C6CBBA #BACBC8

split-complementary

#BFBACB #CBC8BA #BECBBA

monochromatic

#7E7496 #9F97B1 #BFBACB #DFDDE5 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BFBACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBACB

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBACB	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.024 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceda',
    500: '#bfbacb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbacb;
$custom-light: #d2ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79822,
    "c": 0.0243,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBACB

secondary

#999F8A

accent

#984D82

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBACB

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

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