#BFA9BC#BFA9BC

#BFA9BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.036 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9BC
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(308, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(308, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 11.34, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 13.22, 329.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0317 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.036 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7498, 43.0838, 53.5258)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9BC #A9BFAC

analogous

#B7A9BF #BFA9BC #BFA9B1

triadic

#BFA9BC #BCBFA9 #A9BCBF

tetradic

#BFA9BC #BFB7A9 #A9BFAC #A9B1BF

square

#BFA9BC #BFB7A9 #A9BFAC #A9B1BF

split-complementary

#BFA9BC #B1BFA9 #A9BFB7

monochromatic

#886583 #A586A1 #BFA9BC #D9CCD7 #F2EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BFA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9BC

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9BC	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.036 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2d0',
    500: '#bfa9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9bc;
$custom-light: #d2c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.182,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75959,
    "c": 0.03642,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9BC

secondary

#DFE5E0

accent

#99574D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9BC

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

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