#BFB1DD#BFB1DD

#BFB1DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.063 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB1DD
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 221)
HSL	hsl(259, 39%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, 13.54, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 24.39, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% 0.0312 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.063 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2565, 47.7410, 74.9599)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB1DD #CFDDB1

analogous

#B1B9DD #BFB1DD #D5B1DD

triadic

#BFB1DD #DDBFB1 #B1DDBF

tetradic

#BFB1DD #DDB1B9 #CFDDB1 #B1DDD5

square

#BFB1DD #DDB1B9 #CFDDB1 #B1DDD5

split-complementary

#BFB1DD #DDD5B1 #B9DDB1

monochromatic

#795CB8 #9C86CA #BFB1DD #E2DCF0 #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFB1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BFB1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB1DD

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB1DD	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.063 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c8e7',
    500: '#bfb1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb1dd;
$custom-light: #d2c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78671,
    "c": 0.06337,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB1DD

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B2338A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB1DD

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

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