#BFB9DA#BFB9DA

#BFB9DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.047 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9DA
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(251, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, 8.54, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 17.92, 298.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.0187 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.047 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4871, 50.8360, 73.4159)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9DA #D4DAB9

analogous

#B9C4DA #BFB9DA #D0B9DA

triadic

#BFB9DA #DABFB9 #B9DABF

tetradic

#BFB9DA #DAB9C4 #D4DAB9 #B9DAD0

square

#BFB9DA #DAB9C4 #D4DAB9 #B9DAD0

split-complementary

#BFB9DA #DAD0B9 #C4DAB9

monochromatic

#7669B0 #9A91C5 #BFB9DA #E4E1EF #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFB9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BFB9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9DA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9DA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.047 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cee5',
    500: '#bfb9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9da;
$custom-light: #d2cee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 30.841,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8013,
    "c": 0.04655,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9DA

secondary

#A9B186

accent

#AA3C96

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9DA

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

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