#BFA9EE#BFA9EE

#BFA9EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.099 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9EE
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(259, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, 21.65, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 38.32, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% 0.0477 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.099 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1031, 45.6251, 86.9866)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9EE #D8EEA9

analogous

#A9B6EE #BFA9EE #E1A9EE

triadic

#BFA9EE #EEBFA9 #A9EEBF

tetradic

#BFA9EE #EEA9B6 #D8EEA9 #A9EEE1

square

#BFA9EE #EEA9B6 #D8EEA9 #A9EEE1

split-complementary

#BFA9EE #EEE1A9 #B6EEA9

monochromatic

#7343DA #9976E4 #BFA9EE #E5DCF8 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BFA9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BFA9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9EE

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9EE	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.099 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c2f3',
    500: '#bfa9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9ee;
$custom-light: #d3c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.13,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77824,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9EE

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CF1794

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9EE

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

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