#BFA1CD#BFA1CD

#BFA1CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.070 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA1CD
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(281, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 19.04, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 26.44, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0496 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.07 315)
XYZ	xyz(45.2484, 40.9745, 63.2709)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA1CD #AFCDA1

analogous

#A9A1CD #BFA1CD #CDA1C5

triadic

#BFA1CD #CDBFA1 #A1CDBF

tetradic

#BFA1CD #CDA9A1 #AFCDA1 #A1C5CD

square

#BFA1CD #CDA9A1 #AFCDA1 #A1C5CD

split-complementary

#BFA1CD #C5CDA1 #A1CDA9

monochromatic

#87559F #A479B8 #BFA1CD #DAC9E2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFA1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BFA1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA1CD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA1CD	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.070 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bddc',
    500: '#bfa1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa1cd;
$custom-light: #d2bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7501,
    "c": 0.07018,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.40974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA1CD

secondary

#E3EADF

accent

#A93C5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA1CD

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

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