#BFAAF5#BFAAF5

#BFAAF5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.107 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAAF5
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 245)
HSL	hsl(257, 79%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(257, 31%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 30.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, 22.69, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 41.38, 303.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0481 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.107 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3383, 46.4180, 92.5707)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAAF5 #E0F5AA

analogous

#AABBF5 #BFAAF5 #E5AAF5

triadic

#BFAAF5 #F5BFAA #AAF5BF

tetradic

#BFAAF5 #F5AABB #E0F5AA #AAF5E5

square

#BFAAF5 #F5AABB #E0F5AA #AAF5E5

split-complementary

#BFAAF5 #F5E5AA #BBF5AA

monochromatic

#6D3CE8 #9673EF #BFAAF5 #E8E1FB #EAE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFAAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BFAAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAAF5

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAAF5	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B6F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaaf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.107 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c3f8',
    500: '#bfaaf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaaf5;
$custom-light: #d3c3f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaaf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78308,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAAF5

secondary

#ECF4D7

accent

#DB0AA1

background

#FDFCFF

surface

#FAF8FF

border

#D3D1D7

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAAF5

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

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