#BFB4E0#BFB4E0

#BFB4E0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.063 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4E0
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(255, 42%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 20%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 12.53, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 24.13, 301.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% 0.0279 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.063 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2589, 49.1005, 77.2834)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4E0 #D5E0B4

analogous

#B4BFE0 #BFB4E0 #D5B4E0

triadic

#BFB4E0 #E0BFB4 #B4E0BF

tetradic

#BFB4E0 #E0B4BF #D5E0B4 #B4E0D5

square

#BFB4E0 #E0B4BF #D5E0B4 #B4E0D5

split-complementary

#BFB4E0 #E0D5B4 #BFE0B4

monochromatic

#755DBC #9A89CE #BFB4E0 #E4DFF2 #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BFB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4E0

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4E0	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.063 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cae9',
    500: '#bfb4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4e0;
$custom-light: #d2cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 41.509,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79366,
    "c": 0.06265,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4E0

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B53194

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4E0

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

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