#BFA8D4#BFA8D4

#BFA8D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.067 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8D4
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 34%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(271, 21%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 16.60, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 25.40, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% 0.0414 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.067 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3700, 43.8354, 68.2401)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8D4 #BDD4A8

analogous

#A9A8D4 #BFA8D4 #D4A8D3

triadic

#BFA8D4 #D4BFA8 #A8D4BF

tetradic

#BFA8D4 #D4A9A8 #BDD4A8 #A8D3D4

square

#BFA8D4 #D4A9A8 #BDD4A8 #A8D3D4

split-complementary

#BFA8D4 #D3D4A8 #A8D4A9

monochromatic

#8356AC #A17FC0 #BFA8D4 #DDD1E8 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFA8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BFA8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8D4

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8D4	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.067 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2e1',
    500: '#bfa8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8d4;
$custom-light: #d2c2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 33.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76602,
    "c": 0.06661,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8D4

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#AD3970

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8D4

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

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