#BFABE5#BFABE5

#BFABE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.084 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABE5
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, 18.56, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 32.34, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% 0.0423 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.084 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1887, 45.8592, 80.3212)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABE5 #D1E5AB

analogous

#ABB4E5 #BFABE5 #DCABE5

triadic

#BFABE5 #E5BFAB #ABE5BF

tetradic

#BFABE5 #E5ABB4 #D1E5AB #ABE5DC

square

#BFABE5 #E5ABB4 #D1E5AB #ABE5DC

split-complementary

#BFABE5 #E5DCAB #B4E5AB

monochromatic

#784EC8 #9B7CD7 #BFABE5 #E3DAF3 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BFABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABE5

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABE5	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfabe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.084 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c4ed',
    500: '#bfabe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfabe5;
$custom-light: #d3c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfabe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7783,
    "c": 0.08395,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABE5

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C0258B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABE5

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

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