#BFA5CC#BFA5CC

#BFA5CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.062 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5CC
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 16.63, -16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 23.33, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0433 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.062 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8383, 42.3468, 62.8740)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5CC #B2CCA5

analogous

#ABA5CC #BFA5CC #CCA5C6

triadic

#BFA5CC #CCBFA5 #A5CCBF

tetradic

#BFA5CC #CCABA5 #B2CCA5 #A5C6CC

square

#BFA5CC #CCABA5 #B2CCA5 #A5C6CC

split-complementary

#BFA5CC #C6CCA5 #A5CCAB

monochromatic

#87599D #A37EB6 #BFA5CC #DBCCE2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BFA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5CC

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5CC	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.062 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfdb',
    500: '#bfa5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5cc;
$custom-light: #d2bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75734,
    "c": 0.06184,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5CC

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A63F62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5CC

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

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