#BFA9DB#BFA9DB

#BFA9DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.074 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9DB
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(266, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, 17.51, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 28.37, 308.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% 0.0422 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.074 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4576, 44.5669, 73.0535)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9DB #C5DBA9

analogous

#A9ACDB #BFA9DB #D8A9DB

triadic

#BFA9DB #DBBFA9 #A9DBBF

tetradic

#BFA9DB #DBA9AC #C5DBA9 #A9DBD8

square

#BFA9DB #DBA9AC #C5DBA9 #A9DBD8

split-complementary

#BFA9DB #DBD8A9 #ACDBA9

monochromatic

#7F53B7 #9F7EC9 #BFA9DB #DFD4ED #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFA9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BFA9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9DB

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9DB	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.074 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2e6',
    500: '#bfa9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9db;
$custom-light: #d2c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77058,
    "c": 0.074,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9DB

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B4317B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9DB

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

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