#BFA5BF#BFA5BF

#BFA5BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.047 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA5BF
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 14.10, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 17.17, 325.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0388 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.047 326)
XYZ	xyz(44.3437, 41.7489, 55.0025)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA5BF #A5BFA5

analogous

#B2A5BF #BFA5BF #BFA5B2

triadic

#BFA5BF #BFBFA5 #A5BFBF

tetradic

#BFA5BF #BFB2A5 #A5BFA5 #A5B2BF

square

#BFA5BF #BFB2A5 #A5BFA5 #A5B2BF

split-complementary

#BFA5BF #B2BFA5 #A5BFB2

monochromatic

#896189 #A681A6 #BFA5BF #D8C9D8 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BFA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BFA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA5BF

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA5BF	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.047 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfd2',
    500: '#bfa5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa5bf;
$custom-light: #d2bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75278,
    "c": 0.04682,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.41748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA5BF

secondary

#DCE4DC

accent

#9B4A4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA5BF

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

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