#BFAEBD#BFAEBD

#BFAEBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.028 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAEBD
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(307, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(307, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, 8.79, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 10.33, 328.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% 0.0245 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.028 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8060, 45.0231, 54.4115)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAEBD #AEBFB0

analogous

#B9AEBF #BFAEBD #BFAEB5

triadic

#BFAEBD #BDBFAE #AEBDBF

tetradic

#BFAEBD #BFB9AE #AEBFB0 #AEB5BF

square

#BFAEBD #BFB9AE #AEBFB0 #AEB5BF

split-complementary

#BFAEBD #B5BFAE #AEBFB9

monochromatic

#886B84 #A48CA1 #BFAEBD #DAD0D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BFAEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BFAEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAEBD

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAEBD	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.028 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6d0',
    500: '#bfaebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaebd;
$custom-light: #d2c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.059,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76977,
    "c": 0.02837,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAEBD

secondary

#E2E7E3

accent

#965850

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAEBD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →