#BF8BBE#BF8BBE

#BF8BBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.093 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BBE
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 190)
HSL	hsl(301, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(301, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 28.30, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 33.96, 326.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0784 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.093 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0118, 33.2606, 53.0175)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BBE #8BBF8C

analogous

#A68BBF #BF8BBE #BF8BA4

triadic

#BF8BBE #BEBF8B #8BBEBF

tetradic

#BF8BBE #BFA68B #8BBF8C #8BA4BF

square

#BF8BBE #BFA68B #8BBF8C #8BA4BF

split-complementary

#BF8BBE #A4BF8B #8BBFA6

monochromatic

#864A85 #A964A8 #BF8BBE #D5B2D4 #EBDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BF8BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BF8BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BBE

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BBE	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.093 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add1',
    500: '#bf8bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bbe;
$custom-light: #d3add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.154,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70399,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BBE

secondary

#CADCCA

accent

#A8403E

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BBE

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

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