#BFA4CD#BFA4CD

#BFA4CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.065 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4CD
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 29%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 17.38, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 24.48, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0451 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.065 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7790, 42.0356, 63.4478)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4CD #B2CDA4

analogous

#ABA4CD #BFA4CD #CDA4C7

triadic

#BFA4CD #CDBFA4 #A4CDBF

tetradic

#BFA4CD #CDABA4 #B2CDA4 #A4C7CD

square

#BFA4CD #CDABA4 #B2CDA4 #A4C7CD

split-complementary

#BFA4CD #C7CDA4 #A4CDAB

monochromatic

#87579F #A37DB7 #BFA4CD #DBCBE3 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFA4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BFA4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4CD

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4CD	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.065 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfdc',
    500: '#bfa4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4cd;
$custom-light: #d2bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.512,
    "s": 29.078,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75579,
    "c": 0.06484,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4CD

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A83E62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4CD

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

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