#BFB8DC#BFB8DC

#BFB8DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.051 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8DC
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(252, 34%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(252, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 9.50, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 19.59, 299.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.0208 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.051 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5419, 50.5244, 74.7330)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8DC #D5DCB8

analogous

#B8C3DC #BFB8DC #D1B8DC

triadic

#BFB8DC #DCBFB8 #B8DCBF

tetradic

#BFB8DC #DCB8C3 #D5DCB8 #B8DCD1

square

#BFB8DC #DCB8C3 #D5DCB8 #B8DCD1

split-complementary

#BFB8DC #DCD1B8 #C3DCB8

monochromatic

#7566B4 #9A8FC8 #BFB8DC #E4E1F0 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BFB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8DC

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8DC	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.051 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cde7',
    500: '#bfb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8dc;
$custom-light: #d2cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80003,
    "c": 0.05088,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8DC

secondary

#AAB485

accent

#AD3996

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8DC

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

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