#BFA8EB#BFA8EB

#BFA8EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.097 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8EB
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, 21.54, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 37.36, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% 0.0483 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.097 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4807, 45.0796, 84.6229)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8EB #D4EBA8

analogous

#A8B3EB #BFA8EB #E1A8EB

triadic

#BFA8EB #EBBFA8 #A8EBBF

tetradic

#BFA8EB #EBA8B3 #D4EBA8 #A8EBE1

square

#BFA8EB #EBA8B3 #D4EBA8 #A8EBE1

split-complementary

#BFA8EB #EBE1A8 #B3EBA8

monochromatic

#7644D4 #9A76E0 #BFA8EB #E4DAF6 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BFA8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BFA8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8EB

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8EB	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.097 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c2f1',
    500: '#bfa8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8eb;
$custom-light: #d3c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.597,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77511,
    "c": 0.09685,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8EB

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CA1B8E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8EB

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

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