#BFA8EE#BFA8EE

#BFA8EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.101 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8EE
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(260, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 22.21, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 38.94, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% 0.0491 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.101 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9178, 45.2545, 86.9248)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8EE #D7EEA8

analogous

#A8B4EE #BFA8EE #E2A8EE

triadic

#BFA8EE #EEBFA8 #A8EEBF

tetradic

#BFA8EE #EEA8B4 #D7EEA8 #A8EEE2

square

#BFA8EE #EEA8B4 #D7EEA8 #A8EEE2

split-complementary

#BFA8EE #EEE2A8 #B4EEA8

monochromatic

#7442DA #9975E4 #BFA8EE #E5DBF8 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BFA8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BFA8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8EE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8EE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.101 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c2f3',
    500: '#bfa8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8ee;
$custom-light: #d3c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77637,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8EE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#CF1692

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8EE

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

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