#BFBAE9#BFBAE9

#BFBAE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.066 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAE9
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(246, 52%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(246, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, 11.20, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 25.35, 296.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% 0.0222 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.066 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7494, 52.0768, 84.2951)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAE9 #E4E9BA

analogous

#BACDE9 #BFBAE9 #D7BAE9

triadic

#BFBAE9 #E9BFBA #BAE9BF

tetradic

#BFBAE9 #E9BACD #E4E9BA #BAE9D7

square

#BFBAE9 #E9BACD #E4E9BA #BAE9D7

split-complementary

#BFBAE9 #E9D7BA #CDE9BA

monochromatic

#695DCB #948CDA #BFBAE9 #E9E8F8 #E9E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BFBAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BFBAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAE9

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAE9	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.066 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cef0',
    500: '#bfbae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbae9;
$custom-light: #d2cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.383,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80874,
    "c": 0.06593,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAE9

secondary

#BEC583

accent

#BF26AF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAE9

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

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