#BFB9DC#BFB9DC

#BFB9DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.049 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9DC
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(250, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(250, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 8.96, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 18.99, 298.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.0194 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.049 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7504, 50.9413, 74.8025)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9DC #D6DCB9

analogous

#B9C5DC #BFB9DC #D1B9DC

triadic

#BFB9DC #DCBFB9 #B9DCBF

tetradic

#BFB9DC #DCB9C5 #D6DCB9 #B9DCD1

square

#BFB9DC #DCB9C5 #D6DCB9 #B9DCD1

split-complementary

#BFB9DC #DCD1B9 #C5DCB9

monochromatic

#7467B3 #9A90C8 #BFB9DC #E4E2F0 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BFB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9DC

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9DC	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.049 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cee7',
    500: '#bfb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9dc;
$custom-light: #d2cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.802,
    "c": 0.04933,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9DC

secondary

#ACB486

accent

#AC3998

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9DC

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

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