#BFA9CA#BFA9CA

#BFA9CA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.052 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9CA
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 16%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 14.03, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 19.72, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% 0.0366 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.052 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3328, 43.7170, 61.8630)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9CA #B4CAA9

analogous

#AEA9CA #BFA9CA #CAA9C4

triadic

#BFA9CA #CABFA9 #A9CABF

tetradic

#BFA9CA #CAAEA9 #B4CAA9 #A9C4CA

square

#BFA9CA #CAAEA9 #B4CAA9 #A9C4CA

split-complementary

#BFA9CA #C4CAA9 #A9CAAE

monochromatic

#865F9A #A383B3 #BFA9CA #DBCFE1 #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFA9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BFA9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9CA

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9CA	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.052 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2da',
    500: '#bfa9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9ca;
$custom-light: #d2c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 23.741,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76432,
    "c": 0.05227,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9CA

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A24363

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9CA

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

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