#BFA0BE#BFA0BE

#BFA0BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.055 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA0BE
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(302, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 16.67, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 20.05, 326.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0461 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.055 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3498, 39.9365, 54.1301)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA0BE #A0BFA1

analogous

#B1A0BF #BFA0BE #BFA0AF

triadic

#BFA0BE #BEBFA0 #A0BEBF

tetradic

#BFA0BE #BFB1A0 #A0BFA1 #A0AFBF

square

#BFA0BE #BFB1A0 #A0BFA1 #A0AFBF

split-complementary

#BFA0BE #AFBFA0 #A0BFB1

monochromatic

#895C87 #A67BA5 #BFA0BE #D8C5D7 #F0E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BFA0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BFA0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA0BE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA0BE	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.055 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bcd1',
    500: '#bfa0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa0be;
$custom-light: #d2bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.935,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74282,
    "c": 0.0549,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA0BE

secondary

#D9E2D9

accent

#9E4A48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA0BE

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

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