#BF8BC0#BF8BC0

#BF8BC0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.095 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BC0
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(299, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(299, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 28.68, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 34.85, 325.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.079 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.095 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2319, 33.3486, 54.1766)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BC0 #8CC08B

analogous

#A58BC0 #BF8BC0 #C08BA7

triadic

#BF8BC0 #C0BF8B #8BC0BF

tetradic

#BF8BC0 #C0A58B #8CC08B #8BA7C0

square

#BF8BC0 #C0A58B #8CC08B #8BA7C0

split-complementary

#BF8BC0 #A7C08B #8BC0A5

monochromatic

#864987 #A963AA #BF8BC0 #D5B3D6 #EBDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BF8BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BF8BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BC0

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BC0	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8798C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2909E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.095 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add3',
    500: '#bf8bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bc0;
$custom-light: #d3add3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.868,
    "s": 29.609,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70476,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BC0

secondary

#CBDCCA

accent

#A83D3F

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BC0

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

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