#BFB3BE#BFB3BE

#BFB3BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.020 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB3BE
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(305, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(305, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, 6.26, -4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 7.45, 327.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0174 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.02 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8989, 47.0346, 55.3131)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB3BE #B3BFB4

analogous

#BAB3BF #BFB3BE #BFB3B8

triadic

#BFB3BE #BEBFB3 #B3BEBF

tetradic

#BFB3BE #BFBAB3 #B3BFB4 #B3B8BF

square

#BFB3BE #BFBAB3 #B3BFB4 #B3B8BF

split-complementary

#BFB3BE #B8BFB3 #B3BFBA

monochromatic

#867185 #A392A2 #BFB3BE #DBD4DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BFB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BFB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB3BE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB3BE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.020 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c9d1',
    500: '#bfb3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb3be;
$custom-light: #d2c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78005,
    "c": 0.02038,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB3BE

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#935853

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB3BE

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

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