#BFA4D8#BFA4D8

#BFA4D8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.079 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4D8
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 216)
HSL	hsl(271, 40%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(271, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 19.64, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 30.02, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0486 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.079 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1537, 42.5855, 70.6881)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4D8 #BDD8A4

analogous

#A5A4D8 #BFA4D8 #D8A4D7

triadic

#BFA4D8 #D8BFA4 #A4D8BF

tetradic

#BFA4D8 #D8A5A4 #BDD8A4 #A4D7D8

square

#BFA4D8 #D8A5A4 #BDD8A4 #A4D7D8

split-complementary

#BFA4D8 #D7D8A4 #A4D8A5

monochromatic

#834EB3 #A179C6 #BFA4D8 #DDCFEA #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFA4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BFA4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4D8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4D8	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AFD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCABB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.079 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfe4',
    500: '#bfa4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4d8;
$custom-light: #d2bfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75995,
    "c": 0.07865,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4D8

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B33270

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4D8

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

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