#BFB4DB#BFB4DB

#BFB4DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.056 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4DB
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(257, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, 11.47, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 21.48, 302.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.0262 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.056 298)
XYZ	xyz(50.5907, 48.8332, 73.7646)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4DB #D0DBB4

analogous

#B4BCDB #BFB4DB #D2B4DB

triadic

#BFB4DB #DBBFB4 #B4DBBF

tetradic

#BFB4DB #DBB4BC #D0DBB4 #B4DBD2

square

#BFB4DB #DBB4BC #D0DBB4 #B4DBD2

split-complementary

#BFB4DB #DBD2B4 #BCDBB4

monochromatic

#7861B3 #9C8BC7 #BFB4DB #E2DDEF #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFB4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BFB4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4DB

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4DB	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.056 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cae6',
    500: '#bfb4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4db;
$custom-light: #d2cae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.923,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79182,
    "c": 0.0558,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.48833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4DB

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#AE388D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4DB

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

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