#BF8BBD#BF8BBD

#BF8BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.092 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BBD
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(302, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(302, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 28.11, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 33.53, 326.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0781 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.092 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9029, 33.2170, 52.4438)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BBD #8BBF8D

analogous

#A78BBF #BF8BBD #BF8BA3

triadic

#BF8BBD #BDBF8B #8BBDBF

tetradic

#BF8BBD #BFA78B #8BBF8D #8BA3BF

square

#BF8BBD #BFA78B #8BBF8D #8BA3BF

split-complementary

#BF8BBD #A3BF8B #8BBFA7

monochromatic

#864A83 #A964A7 #BF8BBD #D5B2D3 #EBDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BF8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BF8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BBD

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BBD	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.092 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add1',
    500: '#bf8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bbd;
$custom-light: #d3add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.308,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7036,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BBD

secondary

#CADCCB

accent

#A8423E

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BBD

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

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