#BFA5DD#BFA5DD

#BFA5DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.083 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5DD
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(268, 25%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 20.15, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 31.95, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0486 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.083 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9897, 43.2073, 74.2043)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5DD #C3DDA5

analogous

#A5A7DD #BFA5DD #DBA5DD

triadic

#BFA5DD #DDBFA5 #A5DDBF

tetradic

#BFA5DD #DDA5A7 #C3DDA5 #A5DDDB

square

#BFA5DD #DDA5A7 #C3DDA5 #A5DDDB

split-complementary

#BFA5DD #DDDBA5 #A7DDA5

monochromatic

#804CBB #9F79CC #BFA5DD #DFD1EE #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFA5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BFA5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5DD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5DD	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.083 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfe7',
    500: '#bfa5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5dd;
$custom-light: #d2bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76379,
    "c": 0.08338,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5DD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#B82D78

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5DD

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

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