#BFB8DB#BFB8DB

#BFB8DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.049 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8DB
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(252, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(252, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 9.29, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 19.05, 299.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0205 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.049 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4099, 50.4716, 74.0376)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8DB #D4DBB8

analogous

#B8C3DB #BFB8DB #D1B8DB

triadic

#BFB8DB #DBBFB8 #B8DBBF

tetradic

#BFB8DB #DBB8C3 #D4DBB8 #B8DBD1

square

#BFB8DB #DBB8C3 #D4DBB8 #B8DBD1

split-complementary

#BFB8DB #DBD1B8 #C3DBB8

monochromatic

#7667B2 #9A8FC6 #BFB8DB #E4E1F0 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BFB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8DB

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8DB	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.049 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cde6',
    500: '#bfb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8db;
$custom-light: #d2cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79967,
    "c": 0.04949,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8DB

secondary

#A9B285

accent

#AB3A95

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8DB

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

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