#BFA9DE#BFA9DE

#BFA9DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.078 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9DE
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(265, 45%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 18.15, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 29.93, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% 0.0431 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.078 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8561, 44.7263, 75.1523)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9DE #C8DEA9

analogous

#A9AEDE #BFA9DE #DAA9DE

triadic

#BFA9DE #DEBFA9 #A9DEBF

tetradic

#BFA9DE #DEA9AE #C8DEA9 #A9DEDA

square

#BFA9DE #DEA9AE #C8DEA9 #A9DEDA

split-complementary

#BFA9DE #DEDAA9 #AEDEA9

monochromatic

#7D51BC #9E7DCD #BFA9DE #E0D5EF #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFA9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BFA9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9DE

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9DE	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.078 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2e8',
    500: '#bfa9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9de;
$custom-light: #d2c2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77174,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9DE

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B82E7E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9DE

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

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