#BFA4CE#BFA4CE

#BFA4CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.066 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4CE
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(279, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 17.59, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 24.97, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0454 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.066 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9001, 42.0840, 64.0855)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4CE #B3CEA4

analogous

#AAA4CE #BFA4CE #CEA4C8

triadic

#BFA4CE #CEBFA4 #A4CEBF

tetradic

#BFA4CE #CEAAA4 #B3CEA4 #A4C8CE

square

#BFA4CE #CEAAA4 #B3CEA4 #A4C8CE

split-complementary

#BFA4CE #C8CEA4 #A4CEAA

monochromatic

#8657A1 #A37CB9 #BFA4CE #DBCCE3 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFA4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BFA4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4CE

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4CE	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.066 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfdd',
    500: '#bfa4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4ce;
$custom-light: #d2bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75616,
    "c": 0.06607,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4CE

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A93D63

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4CE

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

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