#BFA5EC#BFA5EC

#BFA5EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.103 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5EC
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(262, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 23.42, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 39.76, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77% 0.0528 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.103 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0781, 44.0427, 85.2034)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5EC #D2ECA5

analogous

#A5AEEC #BFA5EC #E2A5EC

triadic

#BFA5EC #ECBFA5 #A5ECBF

tetradic

#BFA5EC #ECA5AE #D2ECA5 #A5ECE2

square

#BFA5EC #ECA5AE #D2ECA5 #A5ECE2

split-complementary

#BFA5EC #ECE2A5 #AEECA5

monochromatic

#7740D7 #9B72E1 #BFA5EC #E3D8F7 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFA5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BFA5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5EC

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5EC	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.103 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bff2',
    500: '#bfa5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5ec;
$custom-light: #d3bff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.972,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76996,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5EC

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CD198B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5EC

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

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