#BFBCC8#BFBCC8

#BFBCC8 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.017 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCC8
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(255, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 3.30, -5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 6.55, 300.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.0078 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.017 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8925, 51.2129, 61.8890)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCC8 #C5C8BC

analogous

#BCBFC8 #BFBCC8 #C5BCC8

triadic

#BFBCC8 #C8BFBC #BCC8BF

tetradic

#BFBCC8 #C8BCBF #C5C8BC #BCC8C5

square

#BFBCC8 #C8BCBF #C5C8BC #BCC8C5

split-complementary

#BFBCC8 #C8C5BC #BFC8BC

monochromatic

#7F7991 #9F9AAC #BFBCC8 #DFDEE4 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFBCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BFBCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCC8

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCC8	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.017 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0d8',
    500: '#bfbcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcc8;
$custom-light: #d2d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 9.836,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80129,
    "c": 0.01701,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCC8

secondary

#989B8D

accent

#945283

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCC8

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

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