#BFB8DA#BFB8DA

#BFB8DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.048 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8DA
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(252, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(252, 16%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 9.08, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 18.52, 299.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0201 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.048 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2786, 50.4191, 73.3464)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8DA #D3DAB8

analogous

#B8C2DA #BFB8DA #D0B8DA

triadic

#BFB8DA #DABFB8 #B8DABF

tetradic

#BFB8DA #DAB8C2 #D3DAB8 #B8DAD0

square

#BFB8DA #DAB8C2 #D3DAB8 #B8DAD0

split-complementary

#BFB8DA #DAD0B8 #C2DAB8

monochromatic

#7668B0 #9B90C5 #BFB8DA #E3E0EF #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BFB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8DA

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8DA	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.048 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cde5',
    500: '#bfb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8da;
$custom-light: #d2cde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79932,
    "c": 0.0481,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8DA

secondary

#A8B185

accent

#AA3B93

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8DA

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

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