#BFA1CE#BFA1CE

#BFA1CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.071 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA1CE
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 22%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 19.24, -18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 26.94, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0499 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.071 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3695, 41.0229, 63.9087)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA1CE #B0CEA1

analogous

#A9A1CE #BFA1CE #CEA1C7

triadic

#BFA1CE #CEBFA1 #A1CEBF

tetradic

#BFA1CE #CEA9A1 #B0CEA1 #A1C7CE

square

#BFA1CE #CEA9A1 #B0CEA1 #A1C7CE

split-complementary

#BFA1CE #C7CEA1 #A1CEA9

monochromatic

#8754A1 #A479B9 #BFA1CE #DAC9E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFA1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BFA1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA1CE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA1CE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.071 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bddd',
    500: '#bfa1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa1ce;
$custom-light: #d2bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 31.469,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75047,
    "c": 0.07139,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA1CE

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#AA3B60

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA1CE

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

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