#BFB5DD#BFB5DD

#BFB5DD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.057 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5DD
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(255, 37%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, 11.35, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 21.93, 301.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% 0.0254 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.057 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0582, 49.3444, 75.2271)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5DD #D3DDB5

analogous

#B5BFDD #BFB5DD #D3B5DD

triadic

#BFB5DD #DDBFB5 #B5DDBF

tetradic

#BFB5DD #DDB5BF #D3DDB5 #B5DDD3

square

#BFB5DD #DDB5BF #D3DDB5 #B5DDD3

split-complementary

#BFB5DD #DDD3B5 #BFDDB5

monochromatic

#7661B6 #9B8BCA #BFB5DD #E3DFF0 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BFB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5DD

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5DD	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.057 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbe7',
    500: '#bfb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5dd;
$custom-light: #d2cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7945,
    "c": 0.05695,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5DD

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#B03691

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5DD

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

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