#BFA4E5#BFA4E5

#BFA4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.096 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4E5
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 22.43, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 36.74, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0523 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.096 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9013, 43.2845, 79.8921)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4E5 #CAE5A4

analogous

#A4AAE5 #BFA4E5 #E0A4E5

triadic

#BFA4E5 #E5BFA4 #A4E5BF

tetradic

#BFA4E5 #E5A4AA #CAE5A4 #A4E5E0

square

#BFA4E5 #E5A4AA #CAE5A4 #A4E5E0

split-complementary

#BFA4E5 #E5E0A4 #AAE5A4

monochromatic

#7C45CA #9E74D7 #BFA4E5 #E0D4F3 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BFA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4E5

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4E5	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.096 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bfed',
    500: '#bfa4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4e5;
$custom-light: #d3bfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.923,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76517,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4E5

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C32280

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4E5

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

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