#BFB3DD#BFB3DD

#BFB3DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.060 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB3DD
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(257, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, 12.44, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 23.15, 302.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% 0.0283 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.06 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6544, 48.5369, 75.0925)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB3DD #D1DDB3

analogous

#B3BCDD #BFB3DD #D4B3DD

triadic

#BFB3DD #DDBFB3 #B3DDBF

tetradic

#BFB3DD #DDB3BC #D1DDB3 #B3DDD4

square

#BFB3DD #DDB3BC #D1DDB3 #B3DDD4

split-complementary

#BFB3DD #DDD4B3 #BCDDB3

monochromatic

#785EB7 #9B89CA #BFB3DD #E3DDF0 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFB3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BFB3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB3DD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB3DD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.060 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c9e7',
    500: '#bfb3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb3dd;
$custom-light: #d2c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7906,
    "c": 0.06014,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB3DD

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#B1348D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB3DD

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

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