#BFA5CD#BFA5CD

#BFA5CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.063 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5CD
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 16.83, -16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 23.82, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0436 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.063 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9587, 42.3949, 63.5077)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5CD #B3CDA5

analogous

#ABA5CD #BFA5CD #CDA5C7

triadic

#BFA5CD #CDBFA5 #A5CDBF

tetradic

#BFA5CD #CDABA5 #B3CDA5 #A5C7CD

square

#BFA5CD #CDABA5 #B3CDA5 #A5C7CD

split-complementary

#BFA5CD #C7CDA5 #A5CDAB

monochromatic

#86589F #A37EB7 #BFA5CD #DBCCE3 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BFA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5CD

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5CD	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.063 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfdc',
    500: '#bfa5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5cd;
$custom-light: #d2bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7577,
    "c": 0.06306,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5CD

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A73E63

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5CD

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

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