#BF8BBB#BF8BBB

#BF8BBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.090 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BBB
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(305, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(305, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 2.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 27.74, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 32.66, 328.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0775 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.09 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6873, 33.1308, 51.3084)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BBB #8BBF8F

analogous

#A98BBF #BF8BBB #BF8BA1

triadic

#BF8BBB #BBBF8B #8BBBBF

tetradic

#BF8BBB #BFA98B #8BBF8F #8BA1BF

square

#BF8BBB #BFA98B #8BBF8F #8BA1BF

split-complementary

#BF8BBB #A1BF8B #8BBFA9

monochromatic

#864A81 #A964A4 #BF8BBB #D5B2D2 #EBDAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BF8BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BF8BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BBB

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BBB	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.090 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adcf',
    500: '#bf8bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bbb;
$custom-light: #d3adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70284,
    "c": 0.09035,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BBB

secondary

#CADCCB

accent

#A8463E

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141013

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BBB

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

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