#BF8BC3#BF8BC3

#BF8BC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BC3
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(296, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(296, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 29.26, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 36.20, 323.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0799 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.099 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5677, 33.4829, 55.9450)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BC3 #8FC38B

analogous

#A38BC3 #BF8BC3 #C38BAB

triadic

#BF8BC3 #C3BF8B #8BC3BF

tetradic

#BF8BC3 #C3A38B #8FC38B #8BABC3

square

#BF8BC3 #C3A38B #8FC38B #8BABC3

split-complementary

#BF8BC3 #ABC38B #8BC3A3

monochromatic

#87488B #A963AE #BF8BC3 #D5B3D8 #ECDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BF8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BF8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BC3

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BC3	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add5',
    500: '#bf8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bc3;
$custom-light: #d3add5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70594,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BC3

secondary

#CDDECC

accent

#AB3B43

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FA

border

#D3CED3

text

#141014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BC3

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

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