#BFAECE#BFAECE

#BFAECE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.049 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAECE
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(272, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(272, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, 12.08, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 18.48, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% 0.0306 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.049 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7606, 45.8049, 64.7057)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAECE #BDCEAE

analogous

#AFAECE #BFAECE #CEAECD

triadic

#BFAECE #CEBFAE #AECEBF

tetradic

#BFAECE #CEAFAE #BDCEAE #AECDCE

square

#BFAECE #CEAFAE #BDCEAE #AECDCE

split-complementary

#BFAECE #CDCEAE #AECEAF

monochromatic

#8362A0 #A188B7 #BFAECE #DDD4E5 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BFAECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BFAECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAECE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAECE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.049 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6dd',
    500: '#bfaece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaece;
$custom-light: #d2c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77545,
    "c": 0.0485,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAECE

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A34270

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAECE

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

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