#BF87CD#BF87CD

#BF87CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF87CD
RGB	rgb(191, 135, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 34.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, 33.44, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 43.45, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0887 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.117 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1678, 32.8132, 61.9107)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF87CD #95CD87

analogous

#9C87CD #BF87CD #CD87B8

triadic

#BF87CD #CDBF87 #87CDBF

tetradic

#BF87CD #CD9C87 #95CD87 #87B8CD

square

#BF87CD #CD9C87 #95CD87 #87B8CD

split-complementary

#BF87CD #B8CD87 #87CD9C

monochromatic

#88409A #A85CBB #BF87CD #D6B2DF #EDDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BF87CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BF87CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF87CD

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF87CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF87CD	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf87cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 135, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3abdc',
    500: '#bf87cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf87cd;
$custom-light: #d3abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf87cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF87CD

secondary

#D1E3CD

accent

#B4314B

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF87CD

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

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