#BFA1CB#BFA1CB

#BFA1CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.068 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA1CB
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 203)
HSL	hsl(283, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(283, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 18.64, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 25.46, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.049 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.068 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0086, 40.8785, 62.0076)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA1CB #ADCBA1

analogous

#AAA1CB #BFA1CB #CBA1C2

triadic

#BFA1CB #CBBFA1 #A1CBBF

tetradic

#BFA1CB #CBAAA1 #ADCBA1 #A1C2CB

square

#BFA1CB #CBAAA1 #ADCBA1 #A1C2CB

split-complementary

#BFA1CB #C2CBA1 #A1CBAA

monochromatic

#88569C #A47AB5 #BFA1CB #DAC8E1 #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFA1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BFA1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA1CB

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA1CB	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.068 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bddb',
    500: '#bfa1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa1cb;
$custom-light: #d2bddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.06777,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA1CB

secondary

#E2E9DE

accent

#A73E5C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA1CB

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

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