#BFA8CD#BFA8CD

#BFA8CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.058 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8CD
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(277, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(277, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 15.18, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 21.86, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0391 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.058 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5061, 43.4898, 63.6902)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8CD #B6CDA8

analogous

#ACA8CD #BFA8CD #CDA8C8

triadic

#BFA8CD #CDBFA8 #A8CDBF

tetradic

#BFA8CD #CDACA8 #B6CDA8 #A8C8CD

square

#BFA8CD #CDACA8 #B6CDA8 #A8C8CD

split-complementary

#BFA8CD #C8CDA8 #A8CDAC

monochromatic

#865B9F #A281B7 #BFA8CD #DCCFE3 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BFA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8CD

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8CD	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.058 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2dc',
    500: '#bfa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8cd;
$custom-light: #d2c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76345,
    "c": 0.05775,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8CD

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A64066

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8CD

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

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