#BFAEBE#BFAEBE

#BFAEBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.029 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAEBE
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(304, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(304, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, 8.98, -5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 10.76, 326.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0248 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.029 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9149, 45.0667, 54.9851)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAEBE #AEBFAF

analogous

#B8AEBF #BFAEBE #BFAEB6

triadic

#BFAEBE #BEBFAE #AEBEBF

tetradic

#BFAEBE #BFB8AE #AEBFAF #AEB6BF

square

#BFAEBE #BFB8AE #AEBFAF #AEB6BF

split-complementary

#BFAEBE #B6BFAE #AEBFB8

monochromatic

#886B86 #A48CA3 #BFAEBE #DAD0D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BFAEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BFAEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAEBE

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAEBE	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.029 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6d1',
    500: '#bfaebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaebe;
$custom-light: #d2c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77009,
    "c": 0.0294,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAEBE

secondary

#E2E7E2

accent

#965450

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAEBE

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

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