#BFA0CD#BFA0CD

#BFA0CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.072 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA0CD
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(281, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 19.60, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 27.10, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0511 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.072 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0744, 40.6263, 63.2129)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA0CD #AECDA0

analogous

#A9A0CD #BFA0CD #CDA0C5

triadic

#BFA0CD #CDBFA0 #A0CDBF

tetradic

#BFA0CD #CDA9A0 #AECDA0 #A0C5CD

square

#BFA0CD #CDA9A0 #AECDA0 #A0C5CD

split-complementary

#BFA0CD #C5CDA0 #A0CDA9

monochromatic

#88549F #A478B8 #BFA0CD #DAC8E2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BFA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA0CD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA0CD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.072 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bcdc',
    500: '#bfa0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa0cd;
$custom-light: #d2bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74821,
    "c": 0.07196,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA0CD

secondary

#E2EADF

accent

#AA3C5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA0CD

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

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