#BFA4CB#BFA4CB

#BFA4CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.062 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4CB
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(282, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 16.98, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 23.49, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0445 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.062 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5391, 41.9396, 62.1845)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4CB #B0CBA4

analogous

#ACA4CB #BFA4CB #CBA4C4

triadic

#BFA4CB #CBBFA4 #A4CBBF

tetradic

#BFA4CB #CBACA4 #B0CBA4 #A4C4CB

square

#BFA4CB #CBACA4 #B0CBA4 #A4C4CB

split-complementary

#BFA4CB #C4CBA4 #A4CBAC

monochromatic

#87599C #A47DB5 #BFA4CB #DACBE1 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BFA4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BFA4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4CB

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4CB	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.062 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfda',
    500: '#bfa4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4cb;
$custom-light: #d2bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75506,
    "c": 0.0624,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4CB

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A6405F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4CB

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

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