#BFB5DA#BFB5DA

#BFB5DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.053 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5DA
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(256, 33%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 10.72, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 20.34, 301.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% 0.0244 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.053 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6621, 49.1859, 73.1409)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5DA #D0DAB5

analogous

#B5BDDA #BFB5DA #D1B5DA

triadic

#BFB5DA #DABFB5 #B5DABF

tetradic

#BFB5DA #DAB5BD #D0DAB5 #B5DAD1

square

#BFB5DA #DAB5BD #D0DAB5 #B5DAD1

split-complementary

#BFB5DA #DAD1B5 #BDDAB5

monochromatic

#7863B1 #9C8CC6 #BFB5DA #E2DEEE #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BFB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5DA

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5DA	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.053 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbe5',
    500: '#bfb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5da;
$custom-light: #d2cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.216,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79341,
    "c": 0.05283,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5DA

secondary

#E8EBE0

accent

#AC398D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5DA

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

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