#BF8BB7#BF8BB7

#BF8BB7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.086 H 331.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BB7
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 183)
HSL	hsl(309, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(309, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 4.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 27.00, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 30.98, 330.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0763 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.086 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2651, 32.9619, 49.0845)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BB7 #8BBF93

analogous

#AD8BBF #BF8BB7 #BF8B9D

triadic

#BF8BB7 #B7BF8B #8BB7BF

tetradic

#BF8BB7 #BFAD8B #8BBF93 #8B9DBF

square

#BF8BB7 #BFAD8B #8BBF93 #8B9DBF

split-complementary

#BF8BB7 #9DBF8B #8BBFAD

monochromatic

#864A7D #A9649F #BF8BB7 #D5B2CF #EBDAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BF8BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BF8BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BB7

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BB7	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.086 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adcc',
    500: '#bf8bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bb7;
$custom-light: #d3adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70135,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BB7

secondary

#CADCCD

accent

#A84E3E

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F8

border

#D3CED1

text

#141013

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BB7

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

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