Light muted violet
#BFC4E0
#BFC4E0 is a light muted violet with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BFC4E0 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BFC4E0 kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F5F6FF
- 100 E6EAFF
- 200 D3D8EF
- 300 BFC4E0
- 400 9DA1BC
- 500 8186A0
- 600 676B84
- 700 50546A
- 800 3B3E52
- 900 272A3B
- 950 151724
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f5f6ff; --color-violet-100: #e6eaff; --color-violet-200: #d3d8ef; --color-violet-300: #bfc4e0; --color-violet-400: #9da1bc; --color-violet-500: #8186a0; --color-violet-600: #676b84; --color-violet-700: #50546a; --color-violet-800: #3b3e52; --color-violet-900: #272a3b; --color-violet-950: #151724;}Is #BFC4E0 readable?
Contrast for text on #BFC4E0 and for #BFC4E0 used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.9APCA Lc 72 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #71758F · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 31 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.9APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BFC4E0
Six palettes built around #BFC4E0, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BFC4E0 · #9F6CB7 · #5EB3FF · #FFDAF5 · #282930
- Complementary#BFC4E0 · #C7B057 · #D3AD2F · #DBDCFF · #25272F
- Split complementary#BFC4E0 · #BD7400 · #91CB48 · #E1E3FF · #252630
- Triadic#BFC4E0 · #D86553 · #00BB70 · #CCD3FF · #21232A
- Tetradic#BFC4E0 · #E47E8D · #D2AD17 · #9AF5F3 · #1F1F26
- Monochromatic#BFC4E0 · #8584DE · #90A4FF · #DEE2FF · #252730
#BFC4E0 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BFC4E0 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F5F6FF
- Brand 100, #E6EAFF
- Brand 200, #D3D8EF
- Brand 300, #BFC4E0
- Brand 400, #9DA1BC
- Brand 500, #8186A0
- Brand 600, #676B84
- Brand 700, #50546A
- Brand 800, #3B3E52
- Brand 900, #272A3B
- Brand 950, #151724
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E4E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D3D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9FA0A8
- Neutral 500, #71737B
- Neutral 600, #52545C
- Neutral 700, #3E4047
- Neutral 800, #26272E
- Neutral 900, #16171D
- Neutral 950, #090A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #EDA756
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 11.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.5:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #BFC4E0
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.