#BFA4CC#BFA4CC

#BFA4CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.064 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4CC
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(281, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(281, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 17.18, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 23.98, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0448 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.064 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6587, 41.9874, 62.8141)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4CC #B1CCA4

analogous

#ABA4CC #BFA4CC #CCA4C5

triadic

#BFA4CC #CCBFA4 #A4CCBF

tetradic

#BFA4CC #CCABA4 #B1CCA4 #A4C5CC

square

#BFA4CC #CCABA4 #B1CCA4 #A4C5CC

split-complementary

#BFA4CC #C5CCA4 #A4CCAB

monochromatic

#87589D #A37DB6 #BFA4CC #DBCBE2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFA4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BFA4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4CC

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4CC	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.064 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfdb',
    500: '#bfa4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4cc;
$custom-light: #d2bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.5,
    "s": 28.169,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.06361,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4CC

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A73F61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4CC

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

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