#BFAAEB#BFAAEB

#BFAAEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.094 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAAEB
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, 20.43, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 36.11, 304.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% 0.0454 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.094 299)
XYZ	xyz(50.8528, 45.8238, 84.7469)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAAEB #D6EBAA

analogous

#AAB6EB #BFAAEB #E0AAEB

triadic

#BFAAEB #EBBFAA #AAEBBF

tetradic

#BFAAEB #EBAAB6 #D6EBAA #AAEBE0

square

#BFAAEB #EBAAB6 #D6EBAA #AAEBE0

split-complementary

#BFAAEB #EBE0AA #B6EBAA

monochromatic

#7447D4 #9A78DF #BFAAEB #E4DCF7 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BFAAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BFAAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAAEB

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAAEB	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.094 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c3f1',
    500: '#bfaaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaaeb;
$custom-light: #d3c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.385,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77886,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.45824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAAEB

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CA1C91

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAAEB

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

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