#BFA9CC#BFA9CC

#BFA9CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.055 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9CC
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(278, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(278, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 14.43, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 20.71, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0373 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.055 313)
XYZ	xyz(46.5711, 43.8123, 63.1183)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9CC #B6CCA9

analogous

#ADA9CC #BFA9CC #CCA9C7

triadic

#BFA9CC #CCBFA9 #A9CCBF

tetradic

#BFA9CC #CCADA9 #B6CCA9 #A9C7CC

square

#BFA9CC #CCADA9 #B6CCA9 #A9C7CC

split-complementary

#BFA9CC #C7CCA9 #A9CCAD

monochromatic

#865D9D #A283B5 #BFA9CC #DCCFE3 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BFA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9CC

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9CC	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.055 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2db',
    500: '#bfa9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9cc;
$custom-light: #d2c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76503,
    "c": 0.05474,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.43812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9CC

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A44166

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9CC

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

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