#BF87BF#BF87BF

#BF87BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.102 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF87BF
RGB	rgb(191, 135, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 30.70, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 37.02, 326.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0849 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.102 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5529, 32.1672, 53.4055)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF87BF #87BF87

analogous

#A387BF #BF87BF #BF87A3

triadic

#BF87BF #BFBF87 #87BFBF

tetradic

#BF87BF #BFA387 #87BF87 #87A3BF

square

#BF87BF #BFA387 #87BF87 #87A3BF

split-complementary

#BF87BF #A3BF87 #87BFA3

monochromatic

#854785 #AA5FAA #BF87BF #D4AFD4 #EAD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BF87BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BF87BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF87BF

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF87BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF87BF	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf87bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 135, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.102 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aad2',
    500: '#bf87bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf87bf;
$custom-light: #d3aad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf87bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69732,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF87BF

secondary

#C7DBC7

accent

#A93C3C

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF87BF

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

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