#BFA0CB#BFA0CB

#BFA0CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.070 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA0CB
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 203)
HSL	hsl(283, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(283, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 19.20, -17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 26.12, 317.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% 0.0505 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.07 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8345, 40.5304, 61.9496)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA0CB #ACCBA0

analogous

#A9A0CB #BFA0CB #CBA0C1

triadic

#BFA0CB #CBBFA0 #A0CBBF

tetradic

#BFA0CB #CBA9A0 #ACCBA0 #A0C1CB

square

#BFA0CB #CBA9A0 #ACCBA0 #A0C1CB

split-complementary

#BFA0CB #C1CBA0 #A0CBA9

monochromatic

#88559B #A478B5 #BFA0CB #DAC8E1 #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFA0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BFA0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA0CB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA0CB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.070 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bcdb',
    500: '#bfa0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa0cb;
$custom-light: #d2bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.256,
    "s": 29.252,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74747,
    "c": 0.06956,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA0CB

secondary

#E1E9DE

accent

#A83E5B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA0CB

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

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