#BFA9EC#BFA9EC

#BFA9EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.097 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9EC
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 28.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 21.21, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 37.26, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0471 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.097 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8109, 45.5082, 85.4477)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9EC #D6ECA9

analogous

#A9B5EC #BFA9EC #E0A9EC

triadic

#BFA9EC #ECBFA9 #A9ECBF

tetradic

#BFA9EC #ECA9B5 #D6ECA9 #A9ECE0

square

#BFA9EC #ECA9B5 #D6ECA9 #A9ECE0

split-complementary

#BFA9EC #ECE0A9 #B5ECA9

monochromatic

#7445D6 #9A77E1 #BFA9EC #E4DBF7 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFA9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BFA9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9EC

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9EC	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.097 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c2f2',
    500: '#bfa9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9ec;
$custom-light: #d3c2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.701,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7774,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9EC

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CC1A91

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9EC

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

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