#BFAAE5#BFAAE5

#BFAAE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.086 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAAE5
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, 19.11, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 32.96, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% 0.0437 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.086 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0005, 45.4829, 80.2585)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAAE5 #D0E5AA

analogous

#AAB2E5 #BFAAE5 #DCAAE5

triadic

#BFAAE5 #E5BFAA #AAE5BF

tetradic

#BFAAE5 #E5AAB2 #D0E5AA #AAE5DC

square

#BFAAE5 #E5AAB2 #D0E5AA #AAE5DC

split-complementary

#BFAAE5 #E5DCAA #B2E5AA

monochromatic

#784CC8 #9C7BD7 #BFAAE5 #E2D9F3 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFAAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BFAAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAAE5

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAAE5	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)

#9EB3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.086 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c3ed',
    500: '#bfaae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaae5;
$custom-light: #d3c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.356,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77641,
    "c": 0.08559,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAAE5

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C12589

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAAE5

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

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