#BFA6C8#BFA6C8

#BFA6C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.055 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA6C8
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 200)
HSL	hsl(284, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 17%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 15.29, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 20.71, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0405 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.055 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5458, 42.5195, 60.4401)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA6C8 #AFC8A6

analogous

#AEA6C8 #BFA6C8 #C8A6C0

triadic

#BFA6C8 #C8BFA6 #A6C8BF

tetradic

#BFA6C8 #C8AEA6 #AFC8A6 #A6C0C8

square

#BFA6C8 #C8AEA6 #AFC8A6 #A6C0C8

split-complementary

#BFA6C8 #C0C8A6 #A6C8AE

monochromatic

#875D97 #A480B1 #BFA6C8 #DACCDF #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFA6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BFA6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA6C8

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA6C8	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.055 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c0d8',
    500: '#bfa6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa6c8;
$custom-light: #d2c0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.118,
    "s": 23.611,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75782,
    "c": 0.05522,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA6C8

secondary

#E3E9E1

accent

#A2435C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA6C8

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

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