#BFA4E8#BFA4E8

#BFA4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.099 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4E8
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(264, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 23.09, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 38.30, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0532 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.099 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3238, 43.4535, 82.1171)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4E8 #CDE8A4

analogous

#A4ABE8 #BFA4E8 #E1A4E8

triadic

#BFA4E8 #E8BFA4 #A4E8BF

tetradic

#BFA4E8 #E8A4AB #CDE8A4 #A4E8E1

square

#BFA4E8 #E8A4AB #CDE8A4 #A4E8E1

split-complementary

#BFA4E8 #E8E1A4 #ABE8A4

monochromatic

#7A42CF #9D73DC #BFA4E8 #E1D5F4 #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFA4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BFA4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4E8

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4E8	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.099 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bfef',
    500: '#bfa4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4e8;
$custom-light: #d3bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.824,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76642,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4E8

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C71E84

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4E8

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

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