#BFA8CC#BFA8CC

#BFA8CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.057 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8CC
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(278, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(278, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 14.98, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 21.36, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0388 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.057 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3858, 43.4417, 63.0565)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8CC #B5CCA8

analogous

#ADA8CC #BFA8CC #CCA8C7

triadic

#BFA8CC #CCBFA8 #A8CCBF

tetradic

#BFA8CC #CCADA8 #B5CCA8 #A8C7CC

square

#BFA8CC #CCADA8 #B5CCA8 #A8C7CC

split-complementary

#BFA8CC #C7CCA8 #A8CCAD

monochromatic

#865C9D #A381B5 #BFA8CC #DBCFE3 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFA8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BFA8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8CC

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8CC	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.057 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2db',
    500: '#bfa8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8cc;
$custom-light: #d2c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7631,
    "c": 0.05651,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8CC

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A54165

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8CC

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

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