#BFAFBD#BFAFBD

#BFAFBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.027 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAFBD
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(308, 11%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(308, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 8.25, -5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 9.67, 328.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% 0.023 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.027 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9999, 45.4109, 54.4761)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAFBD #AFBFB1

analogous

#B9AFBF #BFAFBD #BFAFB5

triadic

#BFAFBD #BDBFAF #AFBDBF

tetradic

#BFAFBD #BFB9AF #AFBFB1 #AFB5BF

square

#BFAFBD #BFB9AF #AFBFB1 #AFB5BF

split-complementary

#BFAFBD #B5BFAF #AFBFB9

monochromatic

#876C84 #A48DA1 #BFAFBD #DAD1D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFAFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BFAFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAFBD

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAFBD	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)

#AFB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfafbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.027 329.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfafbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77176,
    "c": 0.02657,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAFBD

secondary

#E3E7E3

accent

#955950

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAFBD

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

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