#BFA5CF#BFA5CF

#BFA5CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.066 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5CF
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(277, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(277, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 17.24, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 24.82, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% 0.0443 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.066 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2016, 42.4921, 64.7872)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5CF #B5CFA5

analogous

#AAA5CF #BFA5CF #CFA5CA

triadic

#BFA5CF #CFBFA5 #A5CFBF

tetradic

#BFA5CF #CFAAA5 #B5CFA5 #A5CACF

square

#BFA5CF #CFAAA5 #B5CFA5 #A5CACF

split-complementary

#BFA5CF #CACFA5 #A5CFAA

monochromatic

#8657A3 #A37DBA #BFA5CF #DBCDE4 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFA5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BFA5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5CF

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5CF	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.066 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfdd',
    500: '#bfa5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5cf;
$custom-light: #d2bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75843,
    "c": 0.06553,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5CF

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A93C66

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5CF

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

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