#BFA4D9#BFA4D9

#BFA4D9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.080 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4D9
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 41%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(271, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 24.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 19.85, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 30.54, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0489 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.08 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2834, 42.6373, 71.3711)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4D9 #BED9A4

analogous

#A5A4D9 #BFA4D9 #D9A4D9

triadic

#BFA4D9 #D9BFA4 #A4D9BF

tetradic

#BFA4D9 #D9A5A4 #BED9A4 #A4D9D9

square

#BFA4D9 #D9A5A4 #BED9A4 #A4D9D9

split-complementary

#BFA4D9 #D9D9A4 #A4D9A5

monochromatic

#824EB5 #A179C7 #BFA4D9 #DDCFEB #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFA4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BFA4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4D9

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4D9	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCABB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.080 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfe4',
    500: '#bfa4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4d9;
$custom-light: #d2bfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 41.085,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76034,
    "c": 0.07993,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4D9

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B43172

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4D9

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

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