#BFBAE4#BFBAE4

#BFBAE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.059 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAE4
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(247, 44%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(247, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, 10.12, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 22.68, 296.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% 0.0206 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.059 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0453, 51.7951, 80.5866)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAE4 #DFE4BA

analogous

#BACAE4 #BFBAE4 #D4BAE4

triadic

#BFBAE4 #E4BFBA #BAE4BF

tetradic

#BFBAE4 #E4BACA #DFE4BA #BAE4D4

square

#BFBAE4 #E4BACA #DFE4BA #BAE4D4

split-complementary

#BFBAE4 #E4D4BA #CAE4BA

monochromatic

#6D62C2 #968ED3 #BFBAE4 #E8E6F5 #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BFBAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BFBAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAE4

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAE4	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.059 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceec',
    500: '#bfbae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbae4;
$custom-light: #d2ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80688,
    "c": 0.05896,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAE4

secondary

#B7BE84

accent

#B72FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAE4

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

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