#BFA9CF#BFA9CF

#BFA9CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.058 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9CF
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 207)
HSL	hsl(275, 28%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(275, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, 15.03, -16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 22.22, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0383 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.058 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9344, 43.9576, 65.0315)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9CF #B9CFA9

analogous

#ACA9CF #BFA9CF #CFA9CC

triadic

#BFA9CF #CFBFA9 #A9CFBF

tetradic

#BFA9CF #CFACA9 #B9CFA9 #A9CCCF

square

#BFA9CF #CFACA9 #B9CFA9 #A9CCCF

split-complementary

#BFA9CF #CCCFA9 #A9CFAC

monochromatic

#845BA3 #A282B9 #BFA9CF #DCD0E5 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFA9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BFA9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9CF

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9CF	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.058 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2dd',
    500: '#bfa9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9cf;
$custom-light: #d2c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 28.358,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7661,
    "c": 0.05849,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9CF

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A73F6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9CF

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

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