#BFBBC9#BFBBC9

#BFBBC9 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.020 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBC9
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(257, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(257, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, 4.04, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 7.68, 301.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% 0.0097 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.02 299)
XYZ	xyz(49.7969, 50.8340, 62.4355)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBC9 #C5C9BB

analogous

#BBBEC9 #BFBBC9 #C6BBC9

triadic

#BFBBC9 #C9BFBB #BBC9BF

tetradic

#BFBBC9 #C9BBBE #C5C9BB #BBC9C6

square

#BFBBC9 #C9BBBE #C5C9BB #BBC9C6

split-complementary

#BFBBC9 #C9C6BB #BEC9BB

monochromatic

#7F7793 #9F99AE #BFBBC9 #DFDDE4 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BFBBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBC9

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBC9	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.020 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfd9',
    500: '#bfbbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbbc9;
$custom-light: #d2cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79959,
    "c": 0.01997,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.50834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBC9

secondary

#989D8C

accent

#965082

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBC9

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

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