#BF8BB9#BF8BB9

#BF8BB9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.088 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BB9
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(307, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(307, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 27.37, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 31.81, 329.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0769 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.088 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4747, 33.0457, 50.1886)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BB9 #8BBF91

analogous

#AB8BBF #BF8BB9 #BF8B9F

triadic

#BF8BB9 #B9BF8B #8BB9BF

tetradic

#BF8BB9 #BFAB8B #8BBF91 #8B9FBF

square

#BF8BB9 #BFAB8B #8BBF91 #8B9FBF

split-complementary

#BF8BB9 #9FBF8B #8BBFAB

monochromatic

#864A7F #A964A1 #BF8BB9 #D5B2D1 #EBDAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BF8BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BF8BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BB9

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BB9	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.088 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adce',
    500: '#bf8bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bb9;
$custom-light: #d3adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.923,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70209,
    "c": 0.08839,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BB9

secondary

#CADCCC

accent

#A84A3E

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141013

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BB9

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

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