#BFA5DE#BFA5DE

#BFA5DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.085 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5DE
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 222)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 20.36, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 32.47, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0489 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.085 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1233, 43.2607, 74.9080)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5DE #C4DEA5

analogous

#A5A7DE #BFA5DE #DBA5DE

triadic

#BFA5DE #DEBFA5 #A5DEBF

tetradic

#BFA5DE #DEA5A7 #C4DEA5 #A5DEDB

square

#BFA5DE #DEA5A7 #C4DEA5 #A5DEDB

split-complementary

#BFA5DE #DEDBA5 #A7DEA5

monochromatic

#7F4BBD #9F78CE #BFA5DE #DFD2EE #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFA5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BFA5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5DE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5DE	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)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.085 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfe8',
    500: '#bfa5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5de;
$custom-light: #d2bfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.368,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76419,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5DE

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BA2C79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5DE

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

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