#BFA9BE#BFA9BE

#BFA9BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.038 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9BE
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(303, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(303, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 11.71, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 14.07, 326.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0324 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.038 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9669, 43.1706, 54.6691)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9BE #A9BFAA

analogous

#B5A9BF #BFA9BE #BFA9B3

triadic

#BFA9BE #BEBFA9 #A9BEBF

tetradic

#BFA9BE #BFB5A9 #A9BFAA #A9B3BF

square

#BFA9BE #BFB5A9 #A9BFAA #A9B3BF

split-complementary

#BFA9BE #B3BFA9 #A9BFB5

monochromatic

#886587 #A586A3 #BFA9BE #D9CCD9 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BFA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9BE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9BE	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)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.038 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2d1',
    500: '#bfa9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9be;
$custom-light: #d2c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76024,
    "c": 0.03847,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9BE

secondary

#DFE5DF

accent

#99504D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9BE

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

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