#BFBAD0#BFBAD0

#BFBAD0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.031 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAD0
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(254, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, 5.96, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 12.00, 299.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% 0.0137 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.031 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4278, 50.7481, 66.8010)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAD0 #CBD0BA

analogous

#BAC0D0 #BFBAD0 #CABAD0

triadic

#BFBAD0 #D0BFBA #BAD0BF

tetradic

#BFBAD0 #D0BAC0 #CBD0BA #BAD0CA

square

#BFBAD0 #D0BAC0 #CBD0BA #BAD0CA

split-complementary

#BFBAD0 #D0CABA #C0D0BA

monochromatic

#7B719E #9D96B7 #BFBAD0 #E1DEE9 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BFBAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAD0

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAD0	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.031 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cede',
    500: '#bfbad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbad0;
$custom-light: #d2cede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79986,
    "c": 0.03116,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAD0

secondary

#9FA589

accent

#9D488A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAD0

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

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