#BFA9BD#BFA9BD

#BFA9BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.037 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9BD
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(305, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(305, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 11.52, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 13.64, 327.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.032 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.037 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8579, 43.1271, 54.0955)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9BD #A9BFAB

analogous

#B6A9BF #BFA9BD #BFA9B2

triadic

#BFA9BD #BDBFA9 #A9BDBF

tetradic

#BFA9BD #BFB6A9 #A9BFAB #A9B2BF

square

#BFA9BD #BFB6A9 #A9BFAB #A9B2BF

split-complementary

#BFA9BD #B2BFA9 #A9BFB6

monochromatic

#886585 #A586A2 #BFA9BD #D9CCD8 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BFA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9BD

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9BD	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.037 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2d0',
    500: '#bfa9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9bd;
$custom-light: #d2c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75991,
    "c": 0.03744,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9BD

secondary

#DFE5DF

accent

#99544D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9BD

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

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