#BFA0DD#BFA0DD

#BFA0DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.092 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA0DD
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(270, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 22.91, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 35.16, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.0559 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.092 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1054, 41.4387, 73.9095)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA0DD #BEDDA0

analogous

#A1A0DD #BFA0DD #DDA0DD

triadic

#BFA0DD #DDBFA0 #A0DDBF

tetradic

#BFA0DD #DDA1A0 #BEDDA0 #A0DDDD

square

#BFA0DD #DDA1A0 #BEDDA0 #A0DDDD

split-complementary

#BFA0DD #DDDDA0 #A0DDA1

monochromatic

#8246BD #A173CD #BFA0DD #DDCDED #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFA0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BFA0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA0DD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA0DD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.092 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bce7',
    500: '#bfa0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa0dd;
$custom-light: #d3bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.492,
    "s": 47.287,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75447,
    "c": 0.09191,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA0DD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2B72

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA0DD

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

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