#BF9CA5#BF9CA5

#BF9CA5 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.043 H 1.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CA5
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(345, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(345, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 14.42, 0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 14.42, 0.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0432 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.043 1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1656, 37.5712, 40.7262)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CA5 #9CBFB6

analogous

#BF9CB6 #BF9CA5 #BFA49C

triadic

#BF9CA5 #A5BF9C #9CA5BF

tetradic

#BF9CA5 #B6BF9C #9CBFB6 #A49CBF

square

#BF9CA5 #B6BF9C #9CBFB6 #A49CBF

split-complementary

#BF9CA5 #9CBFA4 #9CB6BF

monochromatic

#885865 #A77783 #BF9CA5 #D7C1C7 #EFE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BF9CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BF9CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CA5

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CA5	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.043 1.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9bf',
    500: '#bf9ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9ca5;
$custom-light: #d2b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.571,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.04318,
    "h": 1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CA5

secondary

#D6E1DE

accent

#A08946

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CA5

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

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