#BF8BBF#BF8BBF

#BF8BBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.094 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BBF
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 28.49, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 34.40, 325.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0787 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.094 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1215, 33.3045, 53.5950)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BBF #8BBF8B

analogous

#A58BBF #BF8BBF #BF8BA5

triadic

#BF8BBF #BFBF8B #8BBFBF

tetradic

#BF8BBF #BFA58B #8BBF8B #8BA5BF

square

#BF8BBF #BFA58B #8BBF8B #8BA5BF

split-complementary

#BF8BBF #A5BF8B #8BBFA5

monochromatic

#864A86 #A964A9 #BF8BBF #D5B2D5 #EBDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BF8BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BF8BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BBF

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BBF	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.094 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add2',
    500: '#bf8bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bbf;
$custom-light: #d3add2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70437,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BBF

secondary

#CADCCA

accent

#A83E3E

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BBF

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

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