#BFAAE7#BFAAE7

#BFAAE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.088 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAAE7
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, 19.55, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 34.01, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% 0.0443 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.088 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.2814, 45.5952, 81.7376)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAAE7 #D2E7AA

analogous

#AAB3E7 #BFAAE7 #DDAAE7

triadic

#BFAAE7 #E7BFAA #AAE7BF

tetradic

#BFAAE7 #E7AAB3 #D2E7AA #AAE7DD

square

#BFAAE7 #E7AAB3 #D2E7AA #AAE7DD

split-complementary

#BFAAE7 #E7DDAA #B3E7AA

monochromatic

#774BCC #9B7ADA #BFAAE7 #E3DAF4 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFAAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BFAAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAAE7

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAAE7	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#9DB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.088 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c3ee',
    500: '#bfaae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaae7;
$custom-light: #d3c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.656,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77722,
    "c": 0.08826,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAAE7

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C3228C

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAAE7

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

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