#BFA9EB#BFA9EB

#BFA9EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.095 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9EB
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, 20.98, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 36.74, 304.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0469 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.095 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6660, 45.4503, 84.6847)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9EB #D5EBA9

analogous

#A9B4EB #BFA9EB #E0A9EB

triadic

#BFA9EB #EBBFA9 #A9EBBF

tetradic

#BFA9EB #EBA9B4 #D5EBA9 #A9EBE0

square

#BFA9EB #EBA9B4 #D5EBA9 #A9EBE0

split-complementary

#BFA9EB #EBE0A9 #B4EBA9

monochromatic

#7546D4 #9A77DF #BFA9EB #E4DBF7 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFA9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BFA9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9EB

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9EB	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.095 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c2f1',
    500: '#bfa9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9eb;
$custom-light: #d3c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77698,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9EB

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CA1B90

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9EB

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

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