#BFA8BD#BFA8BD

#BFA8BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.039 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8BD
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(305, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(305, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 12.07, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 14.30, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.0336 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.039 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6726, 42.7564, 54.0337)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8BD #A8BFAA

analogous

#B5A8BF #BFA8BD #BFA8B1

triadic

#BFA8BD #BDBFA8 #A8BDBF

tetradic

#BFA8BD #BFB5A8 #A8BFAA #A8B1BF

square

#BFA8BD #BFB5A8 #A8BFAA #A8B1BF

split-complementary

#BFA8BD #B1BFA8 #A8BFB5

monochromatic

#886485 #A585A2 #BFA8BD #D9CBD8 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFA8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BFA8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8BD

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8BD	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.039 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c1d0',
    500: '#bfa8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8bd;
$custom-light: #d2c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75796,
    "c": 0.03926,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8BD

secondary

#DEE5DF

accent

#99534C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8BD

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

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