#BFB4E6#BFB4E6

#BFB4E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.071 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4E6
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(253, 22%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, 13.83, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 27.32, 300.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.0298 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.071 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0869, 49.4317, 81.6447)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4E6 #DBE6B4

analogous

#B4C2E6 #BFB4E6 #D8B4E6

triadic

#BFB4E6 #E6BFB4 #B4E6BF

tetradic

#BFB4E6 #E6B4C2 #DBE6B4 #B4E6D8

square

#BFB4E6 #E6B4C2 #DBE6B4 #B4E6D8

split-complementary

#BFB4E6 #E6D8B4 #C2E6B4

monochromatic

#7158C7 #9886D7 #BFB4E6 #E6E2F5 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BFB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4E6

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4E6	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.071 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2caee',
    500: '#bfb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4e6;
$custom-light: #d2caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.2,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79593,
    "c": 0.0709,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4E6

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BD289D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4E6

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

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