#BFB9DF#BFB9DF

#BFB9DF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.053 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9DF
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(249, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(249, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, 9.59, -18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 20.59, 297.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% 0.0204 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.054 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1513, 51.1016, 76.9138)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9DF #D9DFB9

analogous

#B9C6DF #BFB9DF #D2B9DF

triadic

#BFB9DF #DFBFB9 #B9DFBF

tetradic

#BFB9DF #DFB9C6 #D9DFB9 #B9DFD2

square

#BFB9DF #DFB9C6 #D9DFB9 #B9DFD2

split-complementary

#BFB9DF #DFD2B9 #C6DFB9

monochromatic

#7265B9 #998FCC #BFB9DF #E5E3F2 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BFB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9DF

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9DF	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.053 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cee9',
    500: '#bfb9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9df;
$custom-light: #d2cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80308,
    "c": 0.0535,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9DF

secondary

#AFB785

accent

#B0359D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9DF

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

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