#BFA7BE#BFA7BE

#BFA7BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.042 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA7BE
RGB	rgb(191, 167, 190)
HSL	hsl(303, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(303, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 12.81, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 15.40, 326.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0354 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.042 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5976, 42.4322, 54.5461)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA7BE #A7BFA8

analogous

#B4A7BF #BFA7BE #BFA7B2

triadic

#BFA7BE #BEBFA7 #A7BEBF

tetradic

#BFA7BE #BFB4A7 #A7BFA8 #A7B2BF

square

#BFA7BE #BFB4A7 #A7BFA8 #A7B2BF

split-complementary

#BFA7BE #B2BFA7 #A7BFB4

monochromatic

#886387 #A584A4 #BFA7BE #D9CAD8 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFA7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BFA7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA7BE

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA7BE	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 167, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.042 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c1d1',
    500: '#bfa7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa7be;
$custom-light: #d2c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75633,
    "c": 0.04212,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA7BE

secondary

#DEE4DE

accent

#9A4F4B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA7BE

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

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