#BFA1BE#BFA1BE

#BFA1BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.053 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA1BE
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(302, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 16.11, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 19.39, 326.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0446 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.053 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.5239, 40.2846, 54.1881)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA1BE #A1BFA2

analogous

#B1A1BF #BFA1BE #BFA1AF

triadic

#BFA1BE #BEBFA1 #A1BEBF

tetradic

#BFA1BE #BFB1A1 #A1BFA2 #A1AFBF

square

#BFA1BE #BFB1A1 #A1BFA2 #A1AFBF

split-complementary

#BFA1BE #AFBFA1 #A1BFB1

monochromatic

#895D87 #A67DA5 #BFA1BE #D8C5D7 #F1EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFA1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BFA1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA1BE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA1BE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.053 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bdd1',
    500: '#bfa1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa1be;
$custom-light: #d2bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74474,
    "c": 0.05307,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA1BE

secondary

#DAE2DA

accent

#9D4B48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA1BE

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

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