#BFB4E5#BFB4E5

#BFB4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.070 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4E5
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(253, 21%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, 13.61, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 26.79, 300.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.0295 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.07 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9469, 49.3757, 80.9073)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4E5 #DAE5B4

analogous

#B4C2E5 #BFB4E5 #D7B4E5

triadic

#BFB4E5 #E5BFB4 #B4E5BF

tetradic

#BFB4E5 #E5B4C2 #DAE5B4 #B4E5D7

square

#BFB4E5 #E5B4C2 #DAE5B4 #B4E5D7

split-complementary

#BFB4E5 #E5D7B4 #C2E5B4

monochromatic

#7159C5 #9887D5 #BFB4E5 #E6E1F5 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BFB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4E5

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4E5	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.070 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2caed',
    500: '#bfb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4e5;
$custom-light: #d2caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.469,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79555,
    "c": 0.06953,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4E5

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BC2A9B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4E5

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

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