#BFB5DC#BFB5DC

#BFB5DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.056 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5DC
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(255, 36%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, 11.14, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 21.40, 301.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% 0.0251 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.056 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9254, 49.2912, 74.5275)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5DC #D2DCB5

analogous

#B5BEDC #BFB5DC #D2B5DC

triadic

#BFB5DC #DCBFB5 #B5DCBF

tetradic

#BFB5DC #DCB5BE #D2DCB5 #B5DCD2

square

#BFB5DC #DCB5BE #D2DCB5 #B5DCD2

split-complementary

#BFB5DC #DCD2B5 #BEDCB5

monochromatic

#7762B5 #9B8BC8 #BFB5DC #E3DFF0 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BFB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5DC

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5DC	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.056 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbe7',
    500: '#bfb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5dc;
$custom-light: #d2cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79414,
    "c": 0.05558,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5DC

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AF3790

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5DC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →