#BFAEC9#BFAEC9

#BFAEC9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.042 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAEC9
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(278, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, 11.09, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 15.96, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.0288 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.042 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1628, 45.5658, 61.5575)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAEC9 #B8C9AE

analogous

#B1AEC9 #BFAEC9 #C9AEC5

triadic

#BFAEC9 #C9BFAE #AEC9BF

tetradic

#BFAEC9 #C9B1AE #B8C9AE #AEC5C9

square

#BFAEC9 #C9B1AE #B8C9AE #AEC5C9

split-complementary

#BFAEC9 #C5C9AE #AEC9B1

monochromatic

#856598 #A289B1 #BFAEC9 #DCD3E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BFAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAEC9

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAEC9	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.042 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6d9',
    500: '#bfaec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaec9;
$custom-light: #d2c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77372,
    "c": 0.04217,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAEC9

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E4767

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAEC9

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

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