#BFBCC9#BFBCC9

#BFBCC9 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.018 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCC9
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(254, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 3.50, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 7.08, 299.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.0082 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.018 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0098, 51.2598, 62.5065)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCC9 #C6C9BC

analogous

#BCC0C9 #BFBCC9 #C6BCC9

triadic

#BFBCC9 #C9BFBC #BCC9BF

tetradic

#BFBCC9 #C9BCC0 #C6C9BC #BCC9C6

square

#BFBCC9 #C9BCC0 #C6C9BC #BCC9C6

split-complementary

#BFBCC9 #C9C6BC #C0C9BC

monochromatic

#7E7892 #9F9AAE #BFBCC9 #DFDEE4 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFBCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BFBCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCC9

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCC9	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.018 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0d9',
    500: '#bfbcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcc9;
$custom-light: #d2d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80161,
    "c": 0.01838,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCC9

secondary

#999D8D

accent

#955185

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCC9

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

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