#BFA5DB#BFA5DB

#BFA5DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.081 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5DB
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 219)
HSL	hsl(269, 43%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 24.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 19.72, -23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 30.92, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.048 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.081 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7248, 43.1013, 72.8093)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5DB #C1DBA5

analogous

#A5A6DB #BFA5DB #DAA5DB

triadic

#BFA5DB #DBBFA5 #A5DBBF

tetradic

#BFA5DB #DBA5A6 #C1DBA5 #A5DBDA

square

#BFA5DB #DBA5A6 #C1DBA5 #A5DBDA

split-complementary

#BFA5DB #DBDAA5 #A6DBA5

monochromatic

#814EB8 #A079CA #BFA5DB #DED1EC #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFA5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BFA5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5DB

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5DB	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.081 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfe6',
    500: '#bfa5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5db;
$custom-light: #d2bfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76301,
    "c": 0.08079,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5DB

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B63075

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5DB

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

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