#BFA5DC#BFA5DC

#BFA5DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.082 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5DC
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(268, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, 19.93, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 31.44, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0483 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.082 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8568, 43.1542, 73.5047)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5DC #C2DCA5

analogous

#A5A6DC #BFA5DC #DBA5DC

triadic

#BFA5DC #DCBFA5 #A5DCBF

tetradic

#BFA5DC #DCA5A6 #C2DCA5 #A5DCDB

square

#BFA5DC #DCA5A6 #C2DCA5 #A5DCDB

split-complementary

#BFA5DC #DCDBA5 #A6DCA5

monochromatic

#804DBA #A079CB #BFA5DC #DED1ED #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFA5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BFA5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5DC

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5DC	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.082 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfe7',
    500: '#bfa5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5dc;
$custom-light: #d2bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.364,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7634,
    "c": 0.08208,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5DC

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B72E76

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5DC

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

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