#BFAEC8#BFAEC8

#BFAEC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.041 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAEC8
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 10.89, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 15.46, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.0285 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.041 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0456, 45.5189, 60.9400)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAEC8 #B7C8AE

analogous

#B2AEC8 #BFAEC8 #C8AEC4

triadic

#BFAEC8 #C8BFAE #AEC8BF

tetradic

#BFAEC8 #C8B2AE #B7C8AE #AEC4C8

square

#BFAEC8 #C8B2AE #B7C8AE #AEC4C8

split-complementary

#BFAEC8 #C4C8AE #AEC8B2

monochromatic

#856696 #A28AAF #BFAEC8 #DCD2E1 #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BFAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAEC8

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAEC8	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.041 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6d8',
    500: '#bfaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaec8;
$custom-light: #d2c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77338,
    "c": 0.04094,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAEC8

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9D4866

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAEC8

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

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