#BFA1D9#BFA1D9

#BFA1D9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.085 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA1D9
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 217)
HSL	hsl(272, 42%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 26%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 25.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 21.51, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 32.47, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0533 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.085 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7529, 41.5762, 71.1942)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA1D9 #BBD9A1

analogous

#A3A1D9 #BFA1D9 #D9A1D7

triadic

#BFA1D9 #D9BFA1 #A1D9BF

tetradic

#BFA1D9 #D9A3A1 #BBD9A1 #A1D7D9

square

#BFA1D9 #D9A3A1 #BBD9A1 #A1D7D9

split-complementary

#BFA1D9 #D7D9A1 #A1D9A3

monochromatic

#844AB6 #A175C7 #BFA1D9 #DDCDEB #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFA1D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BFA1D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA1D9

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA1D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA1D9	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa1d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.085 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bde5',
    500: '#bfa1d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa1d9;
$custom-light: #d2bde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa1d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75472,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA1D9

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B6306E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA1D9

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

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