#BFA5BD#BFA5BD

#BFA5BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.045 H 328.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5BD
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(305, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(305, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 13.72, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 16.30, 327.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% 0.0381 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.045 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1252, 41.6615, 53.8512)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5BD #A5BFA7

analogous

#B4A5BF #BFA5BD #BFA5B0

triadic

#BFA5BD #BDBFA5 #A5BDBF

tetradic

#BFA5BD #BFB4A5 #A5BFA7 #A5B0BF

square

#BFA5BD #BFB4A5 #A5BFA7 #A5B0BF

split-complementary

#BFA5BD #B0BFA5 #A5BFB4

monochromatic

#896185 #A681A3 #BFA5BD #D8C9D7 #F2EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BFA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5BD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5BD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.045 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfd0',
    500: '#bfa5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5bd;
$custom-light: #d2bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75211,
    "c": 0.04472,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5BD

secondary

#DCE4DD

accent

#9B514A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5BD

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

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