#BFA4E4#BFA4E4

#BFA4E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.094 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4E4
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, 22.21, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 36.22, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0521 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.094 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7621, 43.2288, 79.1588)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4E4 #C9E4A4

analogous

#A4A9E4 #BFA4E4 #DFA4E4

triadic

#BFA4E4 #E4BFA4 #A4E4BF

tetradic

#BFA4E4 #E4A4A9 #C9E4A4 #A4E4DF

square

#BFA4E4 #E4A4A9 #C9E4A4 #A4E4DF

split-complementary

#BFA4E4 #E4DFA4 #A9E4A4

monochromatic

#7D46C8 #9E75D6 #BFA4E4 #E0D3F2 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFA4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BFA4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4E4

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4E4	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.094 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bfec',
    500: '#bfa4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4e4;
$custom-light: #d3bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.313,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76476,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4E4

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C2247F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4E4

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

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