#BFAEC4#BFAEC4

#BFAEC4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.036 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAEC4
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(286, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(286, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, 10.12, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 13.51, 318.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.027 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.036 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5842, 45.3344, 58.5102)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAEC4 #B3C4AE

analogous

#B4AEC4 #BFAEC4 #C4AEBE

triadic

#BFAEC4 #C4BFAE #AEC4BF

tetradic

#BFAEC4 #C4B4AE #B3C4AE #AEBEC4

square

#BFAEC4 #C4B4AE #B3C4AE #AEBEC4

split-complementary

#BFAEC4 #BEC4AE #AEC4B4

monochromatic

#86688F #A38BAA #BFAEC4 #DBD1DE #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BFAEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BFAEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAEC4

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAEC4	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.036 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6d5',
    500: '#bfaec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaec4;
$custom-light: #d2c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77204,
    "c": 0.03611,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAEC4

secondary

#E4E8E3

accent

#9A4C5D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAEC4

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

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