#BFA5CB#BFA5CB

#BFA5CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.061 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5CB
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(281, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 16.43, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 22.83, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.043 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.061 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7188, 42.2989, 62.2444)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5CB #B1CBA5

analogous

#ACA5CB #BFA5CB #CBA5C4

triadic

#BFA5CB #CBBFA5 #A5CBBF

tetradic

#BFA5CB #CBACA5 #B1CBA5 #A5C4CB

square

#BFA5CB #CBACA5 #B1CBA5 #A5C4CB

split-complementary

#BFA5CB #C4CBA5 #A5CBAC

monochromatic

#875A9C #A37EB5 #BFA5CB #DBCCE1 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BFA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5CB

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5CB	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.061 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfda',
    500: '#bfa5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5cb;
$custom-light: #d2bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75697,
    "c": 0.06061,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5CB

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A54060

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5CB

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

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