#BFB4E1#BFB4E1

#BFB4E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.064 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4E1
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(255, 43%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 20%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 12.74, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 24.66, 301.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% 0.0282 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.064 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3949, 49.1549, 77.9997)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4E1 #D6E1B4

analogous

#B4C0E1 #BFB4E1 #D6B4E1

triadic

#BFB4E1 #E1BFB4 #B4E1BF

tetradic

#BFB4E1 #E1B4C0 #D6E1B4 #B4E1D6

square

#BFB4E1 #E1B4C0 #D6E1B4 #B4E1D6

split-complementary

#BFB4E1 #E1D6B4 #C0E1B4

monochromatic

#745DBE #9A88D0 #BFB4E1 #E4E0F2 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BFB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4E1

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4E1	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.064 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2caea',
    500: '#bfb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4e1;
$custom-light: #d2caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79403,
    "c": 0.06403,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4E1

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B63095

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4E1

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

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