#BFBAE5#BFBAE5

#BFBAE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.060 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAE5
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(247, 45%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(247, 19%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 10.33, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 23.21, 296.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% 0.021 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.06 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.1845, 51.8508, 81.3198)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAE5 #E0E5BA

analogous

#BACBE5 #BFBAE5 #D5BAE5

triadic

#BFBAE5 #E5BFBA #BAE5BF

tetradic

#BFBAE5 #E5BACB #E0E5BA #BAE5D5

square

#BFBAE5 #E5BACB #E0E5BA #BAE5D5

split-complementary

#BFBAE5 #E5D5BA #CBE5BA

monochromatic

#6D61C4 #968ED4 #BFBAE5 #E8E6F6 #EAE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BFBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BFBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAE5

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAE5	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.060 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceed',
    500: '#bfbae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbae5;
$custom-light: #d2ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.977,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80725,
    "c": 0.06036,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAE5

secondary

#B8BF84

accent

#B82DA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAE5

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

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