#BFA1BD#BFA1BD

#BFA1BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.052 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA1BD
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 189)
HSL	hsl(304, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(304, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 15.93, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 18.95, 327.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0442 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.052 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4149, 40.2410, 53.6145)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA1BD #A1BFA3

analogous

#B2A1BF #BFA1BD #BFA1AE

triadic

#BFA1BD #BDBFA1 #A1BDBF

tetradic

#BFA1BD #BFB2A1 #A1BFA3 #A1AEBF

square

#BFA1BD #BFB2A1 #A1BFA3 #A1AEBF

split-complementary

#BFA1BD #AEBFA1 #A1BFB2

monochromatic

#895D86 #A67DA3 #BFA1BD #D8C5D7 #F1EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFA1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BFA1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA1BD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA1BD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.052 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bdd0',
    500: '#bfa1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa1bd;
$custom-light: #d2bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74439,
    "c": 0.05203,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA1BD

secondary

#DAE2DA

accent

#9D4E48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA1BD

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

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