#BF8BBC#BF8BBC

#BF8BBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.091 H 328.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BBC
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(303, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 27.93, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 33.09, 327.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0778 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.091 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7948, 33.1738, 51.8741)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BBC #8BBF8E

analogous

#A88BBF #BF8BBC #BF8BA2

triadic

#BF8BBC #BCBF8B #8BBCBF

tetradic

#BF8BBC #BFA88B #8BBF8E #8BA2BF

square

#BF8BBC #BFA88B #8BBF8E #8BA2BF

split-complementary

#BF8BBC #A2BF8B #8BBFA8

monochromatic

#864A82 #A964A5 #BF8BBC #D5B2D3 #EBDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BF8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BF8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BBC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BBC	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)

#8898BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.091 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add0',
    500: '#bf8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bbc;
$custom-light: #d3add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.462,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.09135,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BBC

secondary

#CADCCB

accent

#A8443E

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BBC

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

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