#BFB9DB#BFB9DB

#BFB9DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.048 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9DB
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(251, 32%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 8.75, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 18.46, 298.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.019 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.048 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6184, 50.8885, 74.1071)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9DB #D5DBB9

analogous

#B9C4DB #BFB9DB #D0B9DB

triadic

#BFB9DB #DBBFB9 #B9DBBF

tetradic

#BFB9DB #DBB9C4 #D5DBB9 #B9DBD0

square

#BFB9DB #DBB9C4 #D5DBB9 #B9DBD0

split-complementary

#BFB9DB #DBD0B9 #C4DBB9

monochromatic

#7568B1 #9A91C6 #BFB9DB #E4E1F0 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BFB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9DB

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9DB	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.048 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cee6',
    500: '#bfb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9db;
$custom-light: #d2cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80165,
    "c": 0.04795,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9DB

secondary

#AAB286

accent

#AB3B97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9DB

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

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