#BFA5EE#BFA5EE

#BFA5EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.106 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5EE
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, 23.87, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 40.81, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.0533 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.106 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3703, 44.1595, 86.7423)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5EE #D4EEA5

analogous

#A5B0EE #BFA5EE #E4A5EE

triadic

#BFA5EE #EEBFA5 #A5EEBF

tetradic

#BFA5EE #EEA5B0 #D4EEA5 #A5EEE4

square

#BFA5EE #EEA5B0 #D4EEA5 #A5EEE4

split-complementary

#BFA5EE #EEE4A5 #B0EEA5

monochromatic

#763EDB #9A72E4 #BFA5EE #E4D8F8 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFA5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BFA5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5EE

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5EE	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.106 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bff3',
    500: '#bfa5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5ee;
$custom-light: #d3bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.37,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77082,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5EE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D0158E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5EE

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

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