#BFB5C2#BFB5C2

#BFB5C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.021 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5C2
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 194)
HSL	hsl(286, 10%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(286, 7%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, 5.93, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 7.96, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% 0.0159 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.021 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7458, 48.0194, 57.7818)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5C2 #B8C2B5

analogous

#B8B5C2 #BFB5C2 #C2B5BE

triadic

#BFB5C2 #C2BFB5 #B5C2BF

tetradic

#BFB5C2 #C2B8B5 #B8C2B5 #B5BEC2

square

#BFB5C2 #C2B8B5 #B8C2B5 #B5BEC2

split-complementary

#BFB5C2 #BEC2B5 #B5C2B8

monochromatic

#85728A #A293A6 #BFB5C2 #DCD7DE #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFB5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BFB5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5C2

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5C2	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B9C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.021 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbd4',
    500: '#bfb5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5c2;
$custom-light: #d2cbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 9.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78531,
    "c": 0.02124,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5C2

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#945261

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5C2

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

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