#BFA8CA#BFA8CA

#BFA8CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.054 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8CA
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(281, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 14.58, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 20.37, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0381 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.054 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1475, 43.3463, 61.8013)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8CA #B3CAA8

analogous

#AEA8CA #BFA8CA #CAA8C4

triadic

#BFA8CA #CABFA8 #A8CABF

tetradic

#BFA8CA #CAAEA8 #B3CAA8 #A8C4CA

square

#BFA8CA #CAAEA8 #B3CAA8 #A8C4CA

split-complementary

#BFA8CA #C4CAA8 #A8CAAE

monochromatic

#865E9A #A382B3 #BFA8CA #DBCEE1 #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BFA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8CA

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8CA	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.054 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2da',
    500: '#bfa8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8ca;
$custom-light: #d2c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.05405,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8CA

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A34362

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8CA

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

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