#BF9FBF#BF9FBF

#BF9FBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.058 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9FBF
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 17.41, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 21.16, 325.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.048 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.058 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2868, 39.6351, 54.6501)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9FBF #9FBF9F

analogous

#AF9FBF #BF9FBF #BF9FAF

triadic

#BF9FBF #BFBF9F #9FBFBF

tetradic

#BF9FBF #BFAF9F #9FBF9F #9FAFBF

square

#BF9FBF #BFAF9F #9FBF9F #9FAFBF

split-complementary

#BF9FBF #AFBF9F #9FBFAF

monochromatic

#895B89 #A77AA7 #BF9FBF #D7C4D7 #F0E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF9FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BF9FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9FBF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9FBF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA7C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.058 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbd2',
    500: '#bf9fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9fbf;
$custom-light: #d2bbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74126,
    "c": 0.05778,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9FBF

secondary

#D8E2D8

accent

#9E4747

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9FBF

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

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