#BFB4E8#BFB4E8

#BFB4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.074 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4E8
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(253, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 14.26, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 28.38, 300.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% 0.0304 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.074 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3694, 49.5447, 83.1323)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4E8 #DDE8B4

analogous

#B4C3E8 #BFB4E8 #D9B4E8

triadic

#BFB4E8 #E8BFB4 #B4E8BF

tetradic

#BFB4E8 #E8B4C3 #DDE8B4 #B4E8D9

square

#BFB4E8 #E8B4C3 #DDE8B4 #B4E8D9

split-complementary

#BFB4E8 #E8D9B4 #C3E8B4

monochromatic

#6F56CB #9785DA #BFB4E8 #E7E3F6 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BFB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4E8

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4E8	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.074 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2caef',
    500: '#bfb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4e8;
$custom-light: #d2caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.692,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7967,
    "c": 0.07366,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4E8

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C025A0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4E8

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

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