#BFA0BD#BFA0BD

#BFA0BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.054 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA0BD
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(304, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(304, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 16.48, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 19.62, 327.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0458 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.054 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2409, 39.8929, 53.5565)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA0BD #A0BFA2

analogous

#B2A0BF #BFA0BD #BFA0AE

triadic

#BFA0BD #BDBFA0 #A0BDBF

tetradic

#BFA0BD #BFB2A0 #A0BFA2 #A0AEBF

square

#BFA0BD #BFB2A0 #A0BFA2 #A0AEBF

split-complementary

#BFA0BD #AEBFA0 #A0BFB2

monochromatic

#895C86 #A67BA4 #BFA0BD #D8C5D6 #F0E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BFA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BFA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA0BD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA0BD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.054 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bcd0',
    500: '#bfa0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa0bd;
$custom-light: #d2bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.871,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74248,
    "c": 0.05386,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA0BD

secondary

#D9E2D9

accent

#9E4D48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA0BD

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

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