#BFAEE5#BFAEE5

#BFAEE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.079 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAEE5
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, 16.90, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 30.47, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% 0.038 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.079 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7618, 47.0054, 80.5122)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAEE5 #D4E5AE

analogous

#AEB9E5 #BFAEE5 #DBAEE5

triadic

#BFAEE5 #E5BFAE #AEE5BF

tetradic

#BFAEE5 #E5AEB9 #D4E5AE #AEE5DB

square

#BFAEE5 #E5AEB9 #D4E5AE #AEE5DB

split-complementary

#BFAEE5 #E5DBAE #B9E5AE

monochromatic

#7651C7 #9A80D6 #BFAEE5 #E4DCF4 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BFAEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BFAEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAEE5

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAEE5	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.079 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6ed',
    500: '#bfaee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaee5;
$custom-light: #d2c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78401,
    "c": 0.07907,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAEE5

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BF2790

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAEE5

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

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