#BFA8BC#BFA8BC

#BFA8BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.038 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BFA8BC
RGBrgb(191, 168, 188)
HSLhsl(308, 15%, 70%)
HSVhsv(308, 12%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.36, 11.89, -7.16)
CIE-LCHlch(71.36, 13.88, 328.92°)
OKLaboklab(75.76% 0.0332 -0.019)
OKLCHoklch(75.76% 0.038 330.2)
XYZxyz(44.5644, 42.7131, 53.4640)
Luminance0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BFA8BC #A8BFAB
analogous
#B6A8BF #BFA8BC #BFA8B0
triadic
#BFA8BC #BCBFA8 #A8BCBF
tetradic
#BFA8BC #BFB6A8 #A8BFAB #A8B0BF
square
#BFA8BC #BFB6A8 #A8BFAB #A8B0BF
split-complementary
#BFA8BC #B0BFA8 #A8BFB6
monochromatic
#886484 #A585A1 #BFA8BC #D9CBD7 #F2EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#BFA8BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54
#BFA8BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8BC
9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BFA8BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BFA8BC1.002.209.549.54
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5421.001.001.00
##0000009.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7ADBD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ACB0BB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1A9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bfa8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.038 330.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c1d0',
    500: '#bfa8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bfa8bc;
$custom-light: #d2c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bfa8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.826,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75763,
    "c": 0.03824,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BFA8BC
secondary
#DEE5DF
accent
#99564C
background
#FCFBFC
surface
#F9F7F9
border
#D2D0D2
text
#141214
muted
#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8BC

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#BFA8BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva