#BFBAD8#BFBAD8

#BFBAD8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.042 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAD8
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(250, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(250, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 7.58, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 16.26, 297.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.0166 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.042 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4369, 51.1518, 72.1159)
Luminance	0.5115 (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

#BFBAD8 #D3D8BA

analogous

#BAC4D8 #BFBAD8 #CEBAD8

triadic

#BFBAD8 #D8BFBA #BAD8BF

tetradic

#BFBAD8 #D8BAC4 #D3D8BA #BAD8CE

square

#BFBAD8 #D8BAC4 #D3D8BA #BAD8CE

split-complementary

#BFBAD8 #D8CEBA #C4D8BA

monochromatic

#766CAC #9B93C2 #BFBAD8 #E3E1EE #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFBAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BFBAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAD8

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAD8	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.042 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cee4',
    500: '#bfbad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbad8;
$custom-light: #d2cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80258,
    "c": 0.04225,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAD8

secondary

#A8AF88

accent

#A63F95

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAD8

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

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