#BFABE9#BFABE9

#BFABE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.089 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABE9
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, 19.43, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 34.44, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.0435 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.089 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7536, 46.0852, 83.2965)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABE9 #D5E9AB

analogous

#ABB6E9 #BFABE9 #DEABE9

triadic

#BFABE9 #E9BFAB #ABE9BF

tetradic

#BFABE9 #E9ABB6 #D5E9AB #ABE9DE

square

#BFABE9 #E9ABB6 #D5E9AB #ABE9DE

split-complementary

#BFABE9 #E9DEAB #B6E9AB

monochromatic

#754AD0 #9A7BDC #BFABE9 #E4DBF6 #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BFABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABE9

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABE9	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfabe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.089 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c4f0',
    500: '#bfabe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfabe9;
$custom-light: #d3c4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfabe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77992,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABE9

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C61F90

background

#FDFCFE

surface

#FAF8FD

border

#D3D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABE9

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

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