#BFABE4#BFABE4

#BFABE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.083 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABE4
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, 18.34, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 31.81, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% 0.042 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.083 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0495, 45.8035, 79.5880)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABE4 #D0E4AB

analogous

#ABB3E4 #BFABE4 #DBABE4

triadic

#BFABE4 #E4BFAB #ABE4BF

tetradic

#BFABE4 #E4ABB3 #D0E4AB #ABE4DB

square

#BFABE4 #E4ABB3 #D0E4AB #ABE4DB

split-complementary

#BFABE4 #E4DBAB #B3E4AB

monochromatic

#784EC6 #9C7DD5 #BFABE4 #E2D9F3 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BFABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BFABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABE4

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABE4	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)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfabe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.083 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c4ec',
    500: '#bfabe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfabe4;
$custom-light: #d3c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfabe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.053,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7779,
    "c": 0.08261,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABE4

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#BF2789

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABE4

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

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