#BFA9DD#BFA9DD

#BFA9DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.077 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9DD
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 17.94, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 29.41, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0428 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.077 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7224, 44.6729, 74.4485)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9DD #C7DDA9

analogous

#A9ADDD #BFA9DD #D9A9DD

triadic

#BFA9DD #DDBFA9 #A9DDBF

tetradic

#BFA9DD #DDA9AD #C7DDA9 #A9DDD9

square

#BFA9DD #DDA9AD #C7DDA9 #A9DDD9

split-complementary

#BFA9DD #DDD9A9 #ADDDA9

monochromatic

#7E51BA #9E7DCC #BFA9DD #E0D5EE #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFA9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BFA9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9DD

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9DD	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.077 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2e7',
    500: '#bfa9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9dd;
$custom-light: #d2c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77135,
    "c": 0.07662,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9DD

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B62F7D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9DD

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

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