#BFB4E7#BFB4E7

#BFB4E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.072 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4E7
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(253, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 14.04, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 27.85, 300.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.0301 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.072 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2278, 49.4880, 82.3864)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4E7 #DCE7B4

analogous

#B4C2E7 #BFB4E7 #D8B4E7

triadic

#BFB4E7 #E7BFB4 #B4E7BF

tetradic

#BFB4E7 #E7B4C2 #DCE7B4 #B4E7D8

square

#BFB4E7 #E7B4C2 #DCE7B4 #B4E7D8

split-complementary

#BFB4E7 #E7D8B4 #C2E7B4

monochromatic

#7057C9 #9786D8 #BFB4E7 #E7E2F6 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BFB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4E7

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4E7	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.072 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2caee',
    500: '#bfb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4e7;
$custom-light: #d2caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.941,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79631,
    "c": 0.07228,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4E7

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#BF279E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4E7

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

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