#BFB4DC#BFB4DC

#BFB4DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.057 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4DC
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, 11.68, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 22.01, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% 0.0266 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.057 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7228, 48.8860, 74.4600)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4DC #D1DCB4

analogous

#B4BDDC #BFB4DC #D3B4DC

triadic

#BFB4DC #DCBFB4 #B4DCBF

tetradic

#BFB4DC #DCB4BD #D1DCB4 #B4DCD3

square

#BFB4DC #DCB4BD #D1DCB4 #B4DCD3

split-complementary

#BFB4DC #DCD3B4 #BDDCB4

monochromatic

#7861B5 #9B8AC9 #BFB4DC #E3DEEF #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BFB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4DC

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4DC	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.057 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cae7',
    500: '#bfb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4dc;
$custom-light: #d2cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79218,
    "c": 0.05717,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4DC

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#AF368E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4DC

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

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