#BFBAD3#BFBAD3

#BFBAD3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.035 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAD3
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 211)
HSL	hsl(252, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(252, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 6.56, -11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 13.59, 298.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0148 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.035 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8003, 50.8971, 68.7632)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAD3 #CED3BA

analogous

#BAC1D3 #BFBAD3 #CBBAD3

triadic

#BFBAD3 #D3BFBA #BAD3BF

tetradic

#BFBAD3 #D3BAC1 #CED3BA #BAD3CB

square

#BFBAD3 #D3BAC1 #CED3BA #BAD3CB

split-complementary

#BFBAD3 #D3CBBA #C1D3BA

monochromatic

#7A6FA3 #9C95BB #BFBAD3 #E2DFEB #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BFBAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAD3

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAD3	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)

#B5BDD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.035 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cee0',
    500: '#bfbad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbad3;
$custom-light: #d2cee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 22.124,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80086,
    "c": 0.03531,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAD3

secondary

#A2A889

accent

#A1458E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAD3

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

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