#BFB8D7#BFB8D7

#BFB8D7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.044 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8D7
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 215)
HSL	hsl(254, 28%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 14%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, 8.46, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 16.92, 300.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0191 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.044 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8896, 50.2635, 71.2976)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8D7 #D0D7B8

analogous

#B8C0D7 #BFB8D7 #CEB8D7

triadic

#BFB8D7 #D7BFB8 #B8D7BF

tetradic

#BFB8D7 #D7B8C0 #D0D7B8 #B8D7CE

square

#BFB8D7 #D7B8C0 #D0D7B8 #B8D7CE

split-complementary

#BFB8D7 #D7CEB8 #C0D7B8

monochromatic

#786AAB #9C91C1 #BFB8D7 #E2DFED #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFB8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BFB8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8D7

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8D7	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BCD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.044 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cde3',
    500: '#bfb8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8d7;
$custom-light: #d2cde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79826,
    "c": 0.04396,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8D7

secondary

#A4AD86

accent

#A73F8F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8D7

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

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