#BFAEC5#BFAEC5

#BFAEC5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.037 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAEC5
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(284, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(284, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, 10.31, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 13.99, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0274 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.037 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6984, 45.3801, 59.1116)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAEC5 #B4C5AE

analogous

#B3AEC5 #BFAEC5 #C5AEBF

triadic

#BFAEC5 #C5BFAE #AEC5BF

tetradic

#BFAEC5 #C5B3AE #B4C5AE #AEBFC5

square

#BFAEC5 #C5B3AE #B4C5AE #AEBFC5

split-complementary

#BFAEC5 #BFC5AE #AEC5B3

monochromatic

#866891 #A38AAB #BFAEC5 #DBD2DF #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFAEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BFAEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAEC5

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAEC5	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.037 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6d6',
    500: '#bfaec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaec5;
$custom-light: #d2c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77237,
    "c": 0.0373,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAEC5

secondary

#E4E8E3

accent

#9B4B60

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAEC5

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

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