#BFA8CB#BFA8CB

#BFA8CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.055 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8CB
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 14.78, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 20.87, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0385 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.055 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2663, 43.3939, 62.4268)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8CB #B4CBA8

analogous

#ADA8CB #BFA8CB #CBA8C5

triadic

#BFA8CB #CBBFA8 #A8CBBF

tetradic

#BFA8CB #CBADA8 #B4CBA8 #A8C5CB

square

#BFA8CB #CBADA8 #B4CBA8 #A8C5CB

split-complementary

#BFA8CB #C5CBA8 #A8CBAD

monochromatic

#865D9C #A382B4 #BFA8CB #DBCEE2 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BFA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8CB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8CB	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.055 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2da',
    500: '#bfa8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8cb;
$custom-light: #d2c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76274,
    "c": 0.05527,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8CB

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A44263

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8CB

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

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