#BFBAD5#BFBAD5

#BFBAD5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.038 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAD5
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(251, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 6.97, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 14.66, 298.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% 0.0155 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.038 294)
XYZ	xyz(51.0526, 50.9981, 70.0919)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAD5 #D0D5BA

analogous

#BAC2D5 #BFBAD5 #CCBAD5

triadic

#BFBAD5 #D5BFBA #BAD5BF

tetradic

#BFBAD5 #D5BAC2 #D0D5BA #BAD5CC

square

#BFBAD5 #D5BAC2 #D0D5BA #BAD5CC

split-complementary

#BFBAD5 #D5CCBA #C2D5BA

monochromatic

#786EA7 #9C94BE #BFBAD5 #E2E0EC #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BFBAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAD5

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAD5	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.038 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cee2',
    500: '#bfbad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbad5;
$custom-light: #d2cee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80154,
    "c": 0.03808,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.50998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAD5

secondary

#A4AB88

accent

#A34391

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAD5

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

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