#BFBBC8#BFBBC8

#BFBBC8 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.019 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBC8
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 3.84, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 7.16, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0093 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.019 300)
XYZ	xyz(49.6796, 50.7871, 61.8180)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBC8 #C4C8BB

analogous

#BBBDC8 #BFBBC8 #C5BBC8

triadic

#BFBBC8 #C8BFBB #BBC8BF

tetradic

#BFBBC8 #C8BBBD #C4C8BB #BBC8C5

square

#BFBBC8 #C8BBBD #C4C8BB #BBC8C5

split-complementary

#BFBBC8 #C8C5BB #BDC8BB

monochromatic

#7F7791 #9F99AD #BFBBC8 #DFDDE3 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BFBBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBC8

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBC8	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.019 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfd8',
    500: '#bfbbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbbc8;
$custom-light: #d2cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79927,
    "c": 0.01861,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.50787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBC8

secondary

#979C8C

accent

#955180

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBC8

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

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