#BFB5DB#BFB5DB

#BFB5DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.054 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5DB
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(256, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 17%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, 10.93, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 20.87, 301.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% 0.0248 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.054 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7933, 49.2384, 73.8321)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5DB #D1DBB5

analogous

#B5BEDB #BFB5DB #D2B5DB

triadic

#BFB5DB #DBBFB5 #B5DBBF

tetradic

#BFB5DB #DBB5BE #D1DBB5 #B5DBD2

square

#BFB5DB #DBB5BE #D1DBB5 #B5DBD2

split-complementary

#BFB5DB #DBD2B5 #BEDBB5

monochromatic

#7863B3 #9B8CC7 #BFB5DB #E3DEEF #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFB5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BFB5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5DB

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5DB	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.054 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbe6',
    500: '#bfb5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5db;
$custom-light: #d2cbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 34.545,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79377,
    "c": 0.05421,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5DB

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#AD388F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5DB

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

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