#BFB8DD#BFB8DD

#BFB8DD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.052 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8DD
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(251, 35%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 9.71, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 20.12, 298.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% 0.0211 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.052 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6748, 50.5775, 75.4326)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8DD #D6DDB8

analogous

#B8C4DD #BFB8DD #D2B8DD

triadic

#BFB8DD #DDBFB8 #B8DDBF

tetradic

#BFB8DD #DDB8C4 #D6DDB8 #B8DDD2

square

#BFB8DD #DDB8C4 #D6DDB8 #B8DDD2

split-complementary

#BFB8DD #DDD2B8 #C4DDB8

monochromatic

#7465B5 #9A8FC9 #BFB8DD #E4E1F1 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BFB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8DD

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8DD	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.052 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cde7',
    500: '#bfb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8dd;
$custom-light: #d2cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80039,
    "c": 0.05226,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8DD

secondary

#ACB584

accent

#AE3798

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8DD

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

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