#BFA5CA#BFA5CA

#BFA5CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.059 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5CA
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(282, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 16.23, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 22.34, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0426 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.059 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6000, 42.2514, 61.6188)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5CA #B0CAA5

analogous

#ADA5CA #BFA5CA #CAA5C3

triadic

#BFA5CA #CABFA5 #A5CABF

tetradic

#BFA5CA #CAADA5 #B0CAA5 #A5C3CA

square

#BFA5CA #CAADA5 #B0CAA5 #A5C3CA

split-complementary

#BFA5CA #C3CAA5 #A5CAAD

monochromatic

#875B9A #A47EB3 #BFA5CA #DACCE1 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFA5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BFA5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5CA

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5CA	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.059 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfda',
    500: '#bfa5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5ca;
$custom-light: #d2bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 25.874,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75661,
    "c": 0.0594,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5CA

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A4415F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5CA

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

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