#BFABC8#BFABC8

#BFABC8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.046 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFABC8
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, 12.54, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 17.42, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.033 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.046 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4724, 44.3727, 60.7490)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFABC8 #B4C8AB

analogous

#B0ABC8 #BFABC8 #C8ABC2

triadic

#BFABC8 #C8BFAB #ABC8BF

tetradic

#BFABC8 #C8B0AB #B4C8AB #ABC2C8

square

#BFABC8 #C8B0AB #B4C8AB #ABC2C8

split-complementary

#BFABC8 #C2C8AB #ABC8B0

monochromatic

#866296 #A386B0 #BFABC8 #DBD0E0 #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BFABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFABC8

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFABC8	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)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfabc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.046 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c4d8',
    500: '#bfabc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfabc8;
$custom-light: #d2c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfabc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76751,
    "c": 0.04627,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFABC8

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9F4662

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFABC8

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

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