#BFA5E2#BFA5E2

#BFA5E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.090 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5E2
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(266, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 21.22, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 34.55, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0501 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.09 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6657, 43.4777, 77.7650)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5E2 #C8E2A5

analogous

#A5AAE2 #BFA5E2 #DEA5E2

triadic

#BFA5E2 #E2BFA5 #A5E2BF

tetradic

#BFA5E2 #E2A5AA #C8E2A5 #A5E2DE

square

#BFA5E2 #E2A5AA #C8E2A5 #A5E2DE

split-complementary

#BFA5E2 #E2DEA5 #AAE2A5

monochromatic

#7D48C4 #9E77D3 #BFA5E2 #E0D3F1 #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFA5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BFA5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5E2

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5E2	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.090 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bfeb',
    500: '#bfa5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5e2;
$custom-light: #d3bfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.574,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7658,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5E2

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BF277E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5E2

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

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