#BFB4E9#BFB4E9

#BFB4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.075 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB4E9
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(252, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, 14.48, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 28.92, 300.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% 0.0307 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.075 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5119, 49.6017, 83.8825)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB4E9 #DEE9B4

analogous

#B4C3E9 #BFB4E9 #D9B4E9

triadic

#BFB4E9 #E9BFB4 #B4E9BF

tetradic

#BFB4E9 #E9B4C3 #DEE9B4 #B4E9D9

square

#BFB4E9 #E9B4C3 #DEE9B4 #B4E9D9

split-complementary

#BFB4E9 #E9D9B4 #C3E9B4

monochromatic

#6E55CD #9785DB #BFB4E9 #E7E3F7 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BFB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB4E9

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB4E9	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.075 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2caf0',
    500: '#bfb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb4e9;
$custom-light: #d2caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79709,
    "c": 0.07504,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB4E9

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C223A1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB4E9

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

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