#BFA9CD#BFA9CD

#BFA9CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.056 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9CD
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(277, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(277, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 14.63, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 21.21, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0377 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.056 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6914, 43.8605, 63.7519)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9CD #B7CDA9

analogous

#ADA9CD #BFA9CD #CDA9C9

triadic

#BFA9CD #CDBFA9 #A9CDBF

tetradic

#BFA9CD #CDADA9 #B7CDA9 #A9C9CD

square

#BFA9CD #CDADA9 #B7CDA9 #A9C9CD

split-complementary

#BFA9CD #C9CDA9 #A9CDAD

monochromatic

#855C9F #A282B6 #BFA9CD #DCD0E3 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BFA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9CD

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9CD	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)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.056 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2dc',
    500: '#bfa9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9cd;
$custom-light: #d2c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76538,
    "c": 0.05598,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9CD

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A54068

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9CD

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

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