#BFA8CF#BFA8CF

#BFA8CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.060 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8CF
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(275, 29%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(275, 19%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 15.58, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 22.87, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0398 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.06 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7491, 43.5870, 64.9697)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8CF #B8CFA8

analogous

#ABA8CF #BFA8CF #CFA8CB

triadic

#BFA8CF #CFBFA8 #A8CFBF

tetradic

#BFA8CF #CFABA8 #B8CFA8 #A8CBCF

square

#BFA8CF #CFABA8 #B8CFA8 #A8CBCF

split-complementary

#BFA8CF #CBCFA8 #A8CFAB

monochromatic

#855AA3 #A281B9 #BFA8CF #DCCFE5 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFA8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BFA8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8CF

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8CF	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.060 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2dd',
    500: '#bfa8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8cf;
$custom-light: #d2c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76418,
    "c": 0.06025,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8CF

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A83E69

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8CF

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

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