#BFA3CE#BFA3CE

#BFA3CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.068 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA3CE
RGB	rgb(191, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(279, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(279, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 18.14, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 25.63, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0469 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.068 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7218, 41.7275, 64.0261)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA3CE #B2CEA3

analogous

#AAA3CE #BFA3CE #CEA3C7

triadic

#BFA3CE #CEBFA3 #A3CEBF

tetradic

#BFA3CE #CEAAA3 #B2CEA3 #A3C7CE

square

#BFA3CE #CEAAA3 #B2CEA3 #A3C7CE

split-complementary

#BFA3CE #C7CEA3 #A3CEAA

monochromatic

#8756A1 #A37BB9 #BFA3CE #DBCBE3 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFA3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BFA3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA3CE

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA3CE	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.068 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bedd',
    500: '#bfa3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa3ce;
$custom-light: #d2bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.07,
    "s": 30.496,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.06784,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA3CE

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A93C62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA3CE

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

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