#BFA8CE#BFA8CE

#BFA8CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.059 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8CE
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(276, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 15.38, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 22.36, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0395 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.059 312)
XYZ	xyz(46.6272, 43.5382, 64.3279)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8CE #B7CEA8

analogous

#ACA8CE #BFA8CE #CEA8CA

triadic

#BFA8CE #CEBFA8 #A8CEBF

tetradic

#BFA8CE #CEACA8 #B7CEA8 #A8CACE

square

#BFA8CE #CEACA8 #B7CEA8 #A8CACE

split-complementary

#BFA8CE #CACEA8 #A8CEAC

monochromatic

#855BA1 #A281B8 #BFA8CE #DCCFE4 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BFA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8CE

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8CE	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.059 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2dd',
    500: '#bfa8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8ce;
$custom-light: #d2c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 27.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76381,
    "c": 0.059,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.43538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8CE

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A73F68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8CE

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

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