#BFA5CE#BFA5CE

#BFA5CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.064 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5CE
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(278, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 17.03, -17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 24.32, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0439 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.064 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0798, 42.4433, 64.1454)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5CE #B4CEA5

analogous

#ABA5CE #BFA5CE #CEA5C8

triadic

#BFA5CE #CEBFA5 #A5CEBF

tetradic

#BFA5CE #CEABA5 #B4CEA5 #A5C8CE

square

#BFA5CE #CEABA5 #B4CEA5 #A5C8CE

split-complementary

#BFA5CE #C8CEA5 #A5CEAB

monochromatic

#8658A1 #A37DB8 #BFA5CE #DBCDE4 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BFA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5CE

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5CE	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.064 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfdd',
    500: '#bfa5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5ce;
$custom-light: #d2bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.049,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75807,
    "c": 0.06429,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5CE

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A83D64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5CE

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

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