#BFB7DC#BFB7DC

#BFB7DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.052 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB7DC
RGB	rgb(191, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(253, 35%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(253, 17%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, 10.05, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 20.19, 299.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% 0.0222 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.052 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3349, 50.1104, 74.6641)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB7DC #D4DCB7

analogous

#B7C2DC #BFB7DC #D2B7DC

triadic

#BFB7DC #DCBFB7 #B7DCBF

tetradic

#BFB7DC #DCB7C2 #D4DCB7 #B7DCD2

square

#BFB7DC #DCB7C2 #D4DCB7 #B7DCD2

split-complementary

#BFB7DC #DCD2B7 #C2DCB7

monochromatic

#7665B4 #9A8EC8 #BFB7DC #E4E0F0 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFB7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BFB7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB7DC

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB7DC	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.052 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cce7',
    500: '#bfb7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb7dc;
$custom-light: #d2cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.973,
    "s": 34.579,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79806,
    "c": 0.05243,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB7DC

secondary

#A9B484

accent

#AD3894

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB7DC

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

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