#BFA3BE#BFA3BE

#BFA3BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.049 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA3BE
RGB	rgb(191, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(302, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 15.01, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 18.06, 326.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0415 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.049 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8762, 40.9892, 54.3056)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA3BE #A3BFA4

analogous

#B2A3BF #BFA3BE #BFA3B0

triadic

#BFA3BE #BEBFA3 #A3BEBF

tetradic

#BFA3BE #BFB2A3 #A3BFA4 #A3B0BF

square

#BFA3BE #BFB2A3 #A3BFA4 #A3B0BF

split-complementary

#BFA3BE #B0BFA3 #A3BFB2

monochromatic

#895F87 #A67FA5 #BFA3BE #D8C7D8 #F1EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BFA3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BFA3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA3BE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA3BE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.049 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bed1',
    500: '#bfa3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa3be;
$custom-light: #d2bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.143,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74858,
    "c": 0.04941,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA3BE

secondary

#DBE3DB

accent

#9C4C49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA3BE

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

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