#BFB5DE#BFB5DE

#BFB5DE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.058 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5DE
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(255, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, 11.56, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 22.46, 300.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% 0.0258 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.058 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1918, 49.3978, 75.9309)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5DE #D4DEB5

analogous

#B5C0DE #BFB5DE #D4B5DE

triadic

#BFB5DE #DEBFB5 #B5DEBF

tetradic

#BFB5DE #DEB5C0 #D4DEB5 #B5DED4

square

#BFB5DE #DEB5C0 #D4DEB5 #B5DED4

split-complementary

#BFB5DE #DED4B5 #C0DEB5

monochromatic

#7660B8 #9A8BCB #BFB5DE #E4DFF1 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BFB5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5DE

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5DE	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.058 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbe8',
    500: '#bfb5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5de;
$custom-light: #d2cbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79487,
    "c": 0.05832,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5DE

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#B13493

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5DE

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

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