#BFA8D9#BFA8D9

#BFA8D9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.073 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8D9
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 39%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 17.64, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 27.97, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% 0.043 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.073 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0105, 44.0916, 71.6134)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8D9 #C2D9A8

analogous

#A8A9D9 #BFA8D9 #D7A8D9

triadic

#BFA8D9 #D9BFA8 #A8D9BF

tetradic

#BFA8D9 #D9A8A9 #C2D9A8 #A8D9D7

square

#BFA8D9 #D9A8A9 #C2D9A8 #A8D9D7

split-complementary

#BFA8D9 #D9D7A8 #A9D9A8

monochromatic

#8053B4 #A07DC6 #BFA8D9 #DED3EC #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFA8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BFA8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8D9

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8D9	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.073 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2e4',
    500: '#bfa8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8d9;
$custom-light: #d2c2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.163,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76791,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8D9

secondary

#E6ECDF

accent

#B23377

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8D9

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

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