#BFA4BE#BFA4BE

#BFA4BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.048 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4BE
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(302, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 14.46, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 17.40, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.04 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.048 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0544, 41.3457, 54.3650)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4BE #A4BFA5

analogous

#B3A4BF #BFA4BE #BFA4B1

triadic

#BFA4BE #BEBFA4 #A4BEBF

tetradic

#BFA4BE #BFB3A4 #A4BFA5 #A4B1BF

square

#BFA4BE #BFB3A4 #A4BFA5 #A4B1BF

split-complementary

#BFA4BE #B1BFA4 #A4BFB3

monochromatic

#896087 #A680A4 #BFA4BE #D8C8D8 #F2ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BFA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4BE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4BE	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.048 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfd1',
    500: '#bfa4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4be;
$custom-light: #d2bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.222,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75051,
    "c": 0.04759,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4BE

secondary

#DCE3DC

accent

#9C4D4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4BE

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

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