#BFBDC8#BFBDC8

#BFBDC8 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.015 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDC8
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(251, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, 2.77, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 5.96, 297.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% 0.0064 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.015 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1069, 51.6416, 61.9605)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDC8 #C6C8BD

analogous

#BDC1C8 #BFBDC8 #C5BDC8

triadic

#BFBDC8 #C8BFBD #BDC8BF

tetradic

#BFBDC8 #C8BDC1 #C6C8BD #BDC8C5

square

#BFBDC8 #C8BDC1 #C6C8BD #BDC8C5

split-complementary

#BFBDC8 #C8C5BD #C1C8BD

monochromatic

#7E7A90 #9F9CAC #BFBDC8 #DFDEE4 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BFBDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BFBDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDC8

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDC8	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.015 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0d8',
    500: '#bfbdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdc8;
$custom-light: #d2d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80331,
    "c": 0.01546,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDC8

secondary

#999B8E

accent

#935287

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDC8

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

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