#BFABC7#BFABC7

#BFABC7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.045 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABC7
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(283, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(283, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, 12.34, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 16.94, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% 0.0326 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.045 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3560, 44.3261, 60.1355)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABC7 #B3C7AB

analogous

#B1ABC7 #BFABC7 #C7ABC1

triadic

#BFABC7 #C7BFAB #ABC7BF

tetradic

#BFABC7 #C7B1AB #B3C7AB #ABC1C7

square

#BFABC7 #C7B1AB #B3C7AB #ABC1C7

split-complementary

#BFABC7 #C1C7AB #ABC7B1

monochromatic

#866395 #A386AF #BFABC7 #DBD0DF #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BFABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABC7

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABC7	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfabc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.045 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c4d8',
    500: '#bfabc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfabc7;
$custom-light: #d2c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfabc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76717,
    "c": 0.04506,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABC7

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9E4760

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABC7

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

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