#BFA8BE#BFA8BE

#BFA8BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.040 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8BE
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(303, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(303, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 12.26, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 14.74, 326.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.0339 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.04 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7815, 42.8000, 54.6074)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8BE #A8BFA9

analogous

#B4A8BF #BFA8BE #BFA8B2

triadic

#BFA8BE #BEBFA8 #A8BEBF

tetradic

#BFA8BE #BFB4A8 #A8BFA9 #A8B2BF

square

#BFA8BE #BFB4A8 #A8BFA9 #A8B2BF

split-complementary

#BFA8BE #B2BFA8 #A8BFB4

monochromatic

#886487 #A585A4 #BFA8BE #D9CBD8 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BFA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8BE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8BE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.040 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c1d1',
    500: '#bfa8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8be;
$custom-light: #d2c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75829,
    "c": 0.04029,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8BE

secondary

#DEE5DF

accent

#994F4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8BE

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

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