#BFAAE6#BFAAE6

#BFAAE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.087 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAAE6
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 19.33, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 33.49, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% 0.044 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.087 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1405, 45.5389, 80.9959)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAAE6 #D1E6AA

analogous

#AAB3E6 #BFAAE6 #DDAAE6

triadic

#BFAAE6 #E6BFAA #AAE6BF

tetradic

#BFAAE6 #E6AAB3 #D1E6AA #AAE6DD

square

#BFAAE6 #E6AAB3 #D1E6AA #AAE6DD

split-complementary

#BFAAE6 #E6DDAA #B3E6AA

monochromatic

#784BCA #9B7BD8 #BFAAE6 #E3D9F4 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFAAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BFAAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAAE6

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAAE6	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.087 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c3ee',
    500: '#bfaae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaae6;
$custom-light: #d3c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77681,
    "c": 0.08692,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAAE6

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C2238B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAAE6

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

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