#BFA9BF#BFA9BF

#BFA9BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.040 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA9BF
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 11.90, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 14.52, 325.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.0328 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.04 326)
XYZ	xyz(45.0765, 43.2145, 55.2467)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA9BF #A9BFA9

analogous

#B4A9BF #BFA9BF #BFA9B4

triadic

#BFA9BF #BFBFA9 #A9BFBF

tetradic

#BFA9BF #BFB4A9 #A9BFA9 #A9B4BF

square

#BFA9BF #BFB4A9 #A9BFA9 #A9B4BF

split-complementary

#BFA9BF #B4BFA9 #A9BFB4

monochromatic

#886588 #A586A5 #BFA9BF #D9CCD9 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BFA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA9BF

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA9BF	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.040 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c2d2',
    500: '#bfa9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa9bf;
$custom-light: #d2c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76057,
    "c": 0.03953,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.43214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA9BF

secondary

#DFE5DF

accent

#994D4D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA9BF

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

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