#BFA5BC#BFA5BC

#BFA5BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.044 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5BC
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(307, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(307, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, 13.53, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 15.87, 328.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0378 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.044 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0170, 41.6182, 53.2815)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5BC #A5BFA8

analogous

#B5A5BF #BFA5BC #BFA5AF

triadic

#BFA5BC #BCBFA5 #A5BCBF

tetradic

#BFA5BC #BFB5A5 #A5BFA8 #A5AFBF

square

#BFA5BC #BFB5A5 #A5BFA8 #A5AFBF

split-complementary

#BFA5BC #AFBFA5 #A5BFB5

monochromatic

#896184 #A681A1 #BFA5BC #D8C9D7 #F2EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BFA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5BC

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5BC	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.044 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfd0',
    500: '#bfa5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5bc;
$custom-light: #d2bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.923,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75178,
    "c": 0.0437,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5BC

secondary

#DCE4DD

accent

#9B544A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5BC

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

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