#BF87CB#BF87CB

#BF87CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.114 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF87CB
RGB	rgb(191, 135, 203)
HSL	hsl(289, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 33.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 33.04, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 42.51, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.0881 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.114 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9279, 32.7173, 60.6474)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF87CB #93CB87

analogous

#9D87CB #BF87CB #CB87B5

triadic

#BF87CB #CBBF87 #87CBBF

tetradic

#BF87CB #CB9D87 #93CB87 #87B5CB

square

#BF87CB #CB9D87 #93CB87 #87B5CB

split-complementary

#BF87CB #B5CB87 #87CB9D

monochromatic

#874196 #A85CB8 #BF87CB #D6B2DE #EDDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BF87CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BF87CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF87CB

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF87CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF87CB	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf87cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 135, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.114 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3abdb',
    500: '#bf87cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf87cb;
$custom-light: #d3abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf87cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70222,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF87CB

secondary

#D0E2CC

accent

#B33349

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF87CB

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

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