#BFB8DF#BFB8DF

#BFB8DF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.055 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8DF
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(251, 38%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, 10.14, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 21.19, 298.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% 0.0218 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.055 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9428, 50.6847, 76.8443)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8DF #D8DFB8

analogous

#B8C5DF #BFB8DF #D3B8DF

triadic

#BFB8DF #DFBFB8 #B8DFBF

tetradic

#BFB8DF #DFB8C5 #D8DFB8 #B8DFD3

square

#BFB8DF #DFB8C5 #D8DFB8 #B8DFD3

split-complementary

#BFB8DF #DFD3B8 #C5DFB8

monochromatic

#7364B9 #998ECC #BFB8DF #E5E2F2 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFB8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BFB8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8DF

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8DF	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.055 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cde9',
    500: '#bfb8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8df;
$custom-light: #d2cde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80111,
    "c": 0.05504,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8DF

secondary

#AEB784

accent

#B1359B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8DF

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

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