#BFA0CE#BFA0CE

#BFA0CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.073 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA0CE
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 22%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, 19.80, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 27.59, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0514 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.073 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1955, 40.6748, 63.8507)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA0CE #AFCEA0

analogous

#A8A0CE #BFA0CE #CEA0C6

triadic

#BFA0CE #CEBFA0 #A0CEBF

tetradic

#BFA0CE #CEA8A0 #AFCEA0 #A0C6CE

square

#BFA0CE #CEA8A0 #AFCEA0 #A0C6CE

split-complementary

#BFA0CE #C6CEA0 #A0CEA8

monochromatic

#8753A1 #A478B9 #BFA0CE #DAC8E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BFA0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BFA0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA0CE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA0CE	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)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.073 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bcdd',
    500: '#bfa0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa0ce;
$custom-light: #d2bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.435,
    "s": 31.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74859,
    "c": 0.07317,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA0CE

secondary

#E3EBDF

accent

#AB3B5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA0CE

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

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