#BFA8E4#BFA8E4

#BFA8E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.088 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8E4
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 228)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(263, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 19.99, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 33.69, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0463 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.088 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4892, 44.6831, 79.4012)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8E4 #CDE4A8

analogous

#A8AFE4 #BFA8E4 #DDA8E4

triadic

#BFA8E4 #E4BFA8 #A8E4BF

tetradic

#BFA8E4 #E4A8AF #CDE4A8 #A8E4DD

square

#BFA8E4 #E4A8AF #CDE4A8 #A8E4DD

split-complementary

#BFA8E4 #E4DDA8 #AFE4A8

monochromatic

#7A4BC7 #9D79D6 #BFA8E4 #E1D7F2 #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFA8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BFA8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8E4

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8E4	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.088 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c2ec',
    500: '#bfa8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8e4;
$custom-light: #d3c2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77224,
    "c": 0.08754,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8E4

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C02585

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8E4

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

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