#BFAAEE#BFAAEE

#BFAAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.098 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAAEE
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(259, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, 21.10, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 37.69, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0463 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.098 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2898, 45.9986, 87.0488)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAAEE #D9EEAA

analogous

#AAB7EE #BFAAEE #E1AAEE

triadic

#BFAAEE #EEBFAA #AAEEBF

tetradic

#BFAAEE #EEAAB7 #D9EEAA #AAEEE1

square

#BFAAEE #EEAAB7 #D9EEAA #AAEEE1

split-complementary

#BFAAEE #EEE1AA #B7EEAA

monochromatic

#7244DA #9977E4 #BFAAEE #E5DDF8 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFAAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BFAAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAAEE

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAAEE	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.098 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c3f3',
    500: '#bfaaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaaee;
$custom-light: #d3c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.529,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAAEE

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CF1796

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAAEE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →