#BFBBC6#BFBBC6

#BFBBC6 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.016 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBC6
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 198)
HSL	hsl(262, 9%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, 3.46, -5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 6.11, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.0086 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.016 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4474, 50.6942, 60.5951)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBC6 #C2C6BB

analogous

#BBBCC6 #BFBBC6 #C4BBC6

triadic

#BFBBC6 #C6BFBB #BBC6BF

tetradic

#BFBBC6 #C6BBBC #C2C6BB #BBC6C4

square

#BFBBC6 #C6BBBC #C2C6BB #BBC6C4

split-complementary

#BFBBC6 #C6C4BB #BCC6BB

monochromatic

#80788E #A09AAA #BFBBC6 #DEDCE2 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BFBBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBC6

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBC6	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.016 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfd7',
    500: '#bfbbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbbc6;
$custom-light: #d2cfd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 8.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79864,
    "c": 0.01591,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBC6

secondary

#94998C

accent

#93537B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBC6

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

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