#BF8BC2#BF8BC2

#BF8BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BC2
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(297, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(297, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 29.07, -20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 35.74, 324.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0796 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.098 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4550, 33.4379, 55.3516)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BC2 #8EC28B

analogous

#A38BC2 #BF8BC2 #C28BA9

triadic

#BF8BC2 #C2BF8B #8BC2BF

tetradic

#BF8BC2 #C2A38B #8EC28B #8BA9C2

square

#BF8BC2 #C2A38B #8EC28B #8BA9C2

split-complementary

#BF8BC2 #A9C28B #8BC2A3

monochromatic

#86498A #A963AD #BF8BC2 #D5B3D7 #EBDBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BF8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BF8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BC2

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BC2	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8798C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add4',
    500: '#bf8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bc2;
$custom-light: #d3add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.727,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70554,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BC2

secondary

#CCDECB

accent

#AA3C42

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FA

border

#D3CED3

text

#141014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BC2

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

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