#BFA4CF#BFA4CF

#BFA4CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.067 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4CF
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(278, 31%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(278, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 17.79, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 25.47, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0458 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.067 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0220, 42.1327, 64.7274)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4CF #B4CFA4

analogous

#A9A4CF #BFA4CF #CFA4C9

triadic

#BFA4CF #CFBFA4 #A4CFBF

tetradic

#BFA4CF #CFA9A4 #B4CFA4 #A4C9CF

square

#BFA4CF #CFA9A4 #B4CFA4 #A4C9CF

split-complementary

#BFA4CF #C9CFA4 #A4CFA9

monochromatic

#8656A3 #A37CBA #BFA4CF #DBCCE4 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BFA4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BFA4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4CF

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4CF	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.067 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfdd',
    500: '#bfa4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4cf;
$custom-light: #d2bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 30.935,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75653,
    "c": 0.0673,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4CF

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#AA3C65

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4CF

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

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