#BFA3CD#BFA3CD

#BFA3CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.067 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA3CD
RGB	rgb(191, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 17.94, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 25.13, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0466 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.067 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6007, 41.6791, 63.3884)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA3CD #B1CDA3

analogous

#AAA3CD #BFA3CD #CDA3C6

triadic

#BFA3CD #CDBFA3 #A3CDBF

tetradic

#BFA3CD #CDAAA3 #B1CDA3 #A3C6CD

square

#BFA3CD #CDAAA3 #B1CDA3 #A3C6CD

split-complementary

#BFA3CD #C6CDA3 #A3CDAA

monochromatic

#87569F #A37BB7 #BFA3CD #DBCBE3 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BFA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA3CD

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA3CD	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.067 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bedc',
    500: '#bfa3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa3cd;
$custom-light: #d2bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 29.577,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75389,
    "c": 0.06662,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA3CD

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A83D61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA3CD

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

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