#BFA8BF#BFA8BF

#BFA8BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.041 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA8BF
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 12.45, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 15.18, 325.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0343 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.041 326)
XYZ	xyz(44.8912, 42.8438, 55.1849)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA8BF #A8BFA8

analogous

#B3A8BF #BFA8BF #BFA8B3

triadic

#BFA8BF #BFBFA8 #A8BFBF

tetradic

#BFA8BF #BFB3A8 #A8BFA8 #A8B3BF

square

#BFA8BF #BFB3A8 #A8BFA8 #A8B3BF

split-complementary

#BFA8BF #B3BFA8 #A8BFB3

monochromatic

#886488 #A585A5 #BFA8BF #D9CBD9 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BFA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BFA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA8BF

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA8BF	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.041 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c1d2',
    500: '#bfa8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa8bf;
$custom-light: #d2c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75862,
    "c": 0.04135,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.42843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA8BF

secondary

#DEE5DE

accent

#994C4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA8BF

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

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