#BFA5D9#BFA5D9

#BFA5D9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.078 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5D9
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 41%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(270, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 24%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 19.30, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 29.89, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0474 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.078 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4631, 42.9967, 71.4309)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5D9 #BFD9A5

analogous

#A5A5D9 #BFA5D9 #D9A5D9

triadic

#BFA5D9 #D9BFA5 #A5D9BF

tetradic

#BFA5D9 #D9A5A5 #BFD9A5 #A5D9D9

square

#BFA5D9 #D9A5A5 #BFD9A5 #A5D9D9

split-complementary

#BFA5D9 #D9D9A5 #A5D9A5

monochromatic

#824FB5 #A07AC7 #BFA5D9 #DED0EB #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BFA5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BFA5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5D9

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5D9	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCACB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.078 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfe4',
    500: '#bfa5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5d9;
$custom-light: #d2bfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 40.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76222,
    "c": 0.07821,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5D9

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B43273

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5D9

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

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