#BFA9DC#BFA9DC

#BFA9DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.075 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9DC
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(266, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, 17.72, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 28.89, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% 0.0425 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.075 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5896, 44.6197, 73.7489)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9DC #C6DCA9

analogous

#A9ADDC #BFA9DC #D9A9DC

triadic

#BFA9DC #DCBFA9 #A9DCBF

tetradic

#BFA9DC #DCA9AD #C6DCA9 #A9DCD9

square

#BFA9DC #DCA9AD #C6DCA9 #A9DCD9

split-complementary

#BFA9DC #DCD9A9 #ADDCA9

monochromatic

#7E52B9 #9F7ECA #BFA9DC #DFD4EE #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFA9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BFA9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9DC

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9DC	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.075 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2e7',
    500: '#bfa9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9dc;
$custom-light: #d2c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77097,
    "c": 0.07531,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9DC

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B5307C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9DC

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

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