#BFABE7#BFABE7

#BFABE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.087 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABE7
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 231)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 26%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 18.99, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 33.39, 304.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% 0.0429 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.087 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4695, 45.9716, 81.8003)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABE7 #D3E7AB

analogous

#ABB5E7 #BFABE7 #DDABE7

triadic

#BFABE7 #E7BFAB #ABE7BF

tetradic

#BFABE7 #E7ABB5 #D3E7AB #ABE7DD

square

#BFABE7 #E7ABB5 #D3E7AB #ABE7DD

split-complementary

#BFABE7 #E7DDAB #B5E7AB

monochromatic

#764CCC #9B7BD9 #BFABE7 #E3DBF5 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFABE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BFABE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABE7

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABE7	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfabe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.087 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c4ee',
    500: '#bfabe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfabe7;
$custom-light: #d3c4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfabe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77911,
    "c": 0.08663,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABE7

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C3228E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABE7

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

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