#BFA9CE#BFA9CE

#BFA9CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.057 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9CE
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(276, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(276, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 14.83, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 21.71, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.038 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.057 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8125, 43.9089, 64.3897)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9CE #B8CEA9

analogous

#ACA9CE #BFA9CE #CEA9CA

triadic

#BFA9CE #CEBFA9 #A9CEBF

tetradic

#BFA9CE #CEACA9 #B8CEA9 #A9CACE

square

#BFA9CE #CEACA9 #B8CEA9 #A9CACE

split-complementary

#BFA9CE #CACEA9 #A9CEAC

monochromatic

#855CA1 #A282B8 #BFA9CE #DCD0E4 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BFA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9CE

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9CE	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.057 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2dd',
    500: '#bfa9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9ce;
$custom-light: #d2c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 27.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76574,
    "c": 0.05724,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9CE

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A63F69

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9CE

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

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