#BFA5BE#BFA5BE

#BFA5BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.046 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5BE
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(302, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 13.91, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 16.73, 326.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0385 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.046 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2341, 41.7051, 54.4249)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5BE #A5BFA6

analogous

#B3A5BF #BFA5BE #BFA5B1

triadic

#BFA5BE #BEBFA5 #A5BEBF

tetradic

#BFA5BE #BFB3A5 #A5BFA6 #A5B1BF

square

#BFA5BE #BFB3A5 #A5BFA6 #A5B1BF

split-complementary

#BFA5BE #B1BFA5 #A5BFB3

monochromatic

#896187 #A681A4 #BFA5BE #D8C9D8 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BFA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5BE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5BE	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.046 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfd1',
    500: '#bfa5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5be;
$custom-light: #d2bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.308,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75245,
    "c": 0.04576,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5BE

secondary

#DCE4DD

accent

#9B4D4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5BE

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

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