#BFA4C2#BFA4C2

#BFA4C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.052 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA4C2
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 194)
HSL	hsl(294, 20%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(294, 15%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 15.22, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 19.20, 322.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0414 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.052 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4976, 41.5230, 56.6991)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA4C2 #A7C2A4

analogous

#B0A4C2 #BFA4C2 #C2A4B6

triadic

#BFA4C2 #C2BFA4 #A4C2BF

tetradic

#BFA4C2 #C2B0A4 #A7C2A4 #A4B6C2

square

#BFA4C2 #C2B0A4 #A7C2A4 #A4B6C2

split-complementary

#BFA4C2 #B6C2A4 #A4C2B0

monochromatic

#885F8D #A57FA9 #BFA4C2 #D9C9DB #F2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFA4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BFA4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA4C2

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA4C2	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.052 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfd4',
    500: '#bfa4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa4c2;
$custom-light: #d2bfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 19.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75188,
    "c": 0.05191,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA4C2

secondary

#DEE5DD

accent

#9E4750

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA4C2

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

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