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#BFB3FD — Pale Vivid Blue

#BFB3FD is a blue color we call Pale Vivid Blue, closest to the named color Thistle (#D8BFD8). It belongs to the blue family.

#BFB3FD is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #F1FDB4; it also sits naturally between #B4CDFD and #E5B4FD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFB3FD · RGB 191, 179, 253

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Color values

HEX#BFB3FD
RGB191, 179, 253
HSL250°, 95%, 85%
HSV250°, 29%, 99%
CMYK25%, 29%, 0%, 1%
XYZ55.34, 50.41, 99.74
Yxy50.41, 0.2693, 0.2453
CIE-Lab76.32, 19.57, -35.07
Hunter Lab71.00, 18.96, -38.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 70% · Blue 99%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BFB3FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFB3FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFB3FD

.text { color: #BFB3FD; }
.background { background-color: #BFB3FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFB3FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 179, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(250, 95%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFB3FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 179, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFB3FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 179, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFB3FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFB3FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFB3FD

#9F8DFC#7E65FB#5D3DFA#3B15F9#2A06E0#2205B3#1A048B#130363#0B023C#040114

Tints of #BFB3FD

#C5B9FD#C9BEFD#CDC3FD#D1C8FE#DAD2FE#DED7FE#E2DCFE#E6E1FE#EAE6FE#EEEBFE

Tones of #BFB3FD

#C4BAF8#C7BFF3#CBC4ED#CEC9E8#D2CEE3#D5D3DE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F1FDB4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.90:1 Fails
Against black text11.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFB3FD: #000000.

How #BFB3FD looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BABAEBDeuteranopia · #BBBBE7Tritanopia · #BEDDDA

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFB3FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 3a86ff
#3A86FF · #BDB2FF · #FFD6E0 · #FFF4F4
Palette Fff3da
#FFF3DA · #DFCCFB · #D0BFFF · #BEADFA
Palette Beadfa
#BEADFA · #D0BFFF · #DFCCFB · #FFF8C9
Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette Fbfbfb
#FBFBFB · #E8F9FF · #C4D9FF · #C5BAFF
Palette Fcffa6
#FCFFA6 · #C1FFD7 · #B5DEFF · #CAB8FF

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BDB2FF#BEADFA#B8B5FF#C5BAFF#CAB8FF#BCB3F1#B5BAFF#C1BDF5#B7B1F2#B5B7F4#B7BDF7#BEB1EF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFB3FC  ·  #BFB3FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFB3FD?

#BFB3FD is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 191, 179, 253). Its closest standard named color is Thistle.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFB3FD?

#BFB3FD is RGB 191, 179, 253 — HSL 250°, 95%, 85% — CMYK 25%, 29%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BFB3FD?

Its complement is #F1FDB4; analogous partners are #B4CDFD and #E5B4FD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFB3FD for text?

Black text on #BFB3FD has a contrast ratio of 11.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.90:1.