#BFA3E5#BFA3E5

#BFA3E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.097 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA3E5
RGB	rgb(191, 163, 229)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 29%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 22.98, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 37.37, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0538 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.097 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7231, 42.9280, 79.8326)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA3E5 #C9E5A3

analogous

#A3A8E5 #BFA3E5 #E0A3E5

triadic

#BFA3E5 #E5BFA3 #A3E5BF

tetradic

#BFA3E5 #E5A3A8 #C9E5A3 #A3E5E0

square

#BFA3E5 #E5A3A8 #C9E5A3 #A3E5E0

split-complementary

#BFA3E5 #E5E0A3 #A8E5A3

monochromatic

#7D44CA #9E73D8 #BFA3E5 #E0D3F2 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BFA3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BFA3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA3E5

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA3E5	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ADBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 163, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.097 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3beed',
    500: '#bfa3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa3e5;
$custom-light: #d3beed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76332,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA3E5

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C3227F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA3E5

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

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