#BFB7DB#BFB7DB

#BFB7DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.051 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB7DB
RGB	rgb(191, 183, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(253, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, 9.84, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 19.65, 300.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0219 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.051 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2029, 50.0576, 73.9686)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB7DB #D3DBB7

analogous

#B7C1DB #BFB7DB #D1B7DB

triadic

#BFB7DB #DBBFB7 #B7DBBF

tetradic

#BFB7DB #DBB7C1 #D3DBB7 #B7DBD1

square

#BFB7DB #DBB7C1 #D3DBB7 #B7DBD1

split-complementary

#BFB7DB #DBD1B7 #C1DBB7

monochromatic

#7665B2 #9B8EC7 #BFB7DB #E3E0EF #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFB7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BFB7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB7DB

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB7DB	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 183, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.051 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cce6',
    500: '#bfb7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb7db;
$custom-light: #d2cce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7977,
    "c": 0.05105,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB7DB

secondary

#A8B284

accent

#AC3993

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB7DB

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

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