#BF8BC4#BF8BC4

#BF8BC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BC4
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(295, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(295, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 29.45, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 36.65, 323.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0802 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.1 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6812, 33.5283, 56.5425)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BC4 #90C48B

analogous

#A28BC4 #BF8BC4 #C48BAC

triadic

#BF8BC4 #C4BF8B #8BC4BF

tetradic

#BF8BC4 #C4A28B #90C48B #8BACC4

square

#BF8BC4 #C4A28B #90C48B #8BACC4

split-complementary

#BF8BC4 #ACC48B #8BC4A2

monochromatic

#87488D #A962AF #BF8BC4 #D5B4D9 #ECDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BF8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BF8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BC4

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BC4	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add6',
    500: '#bf8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bc4;
$custom-light: #d3add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.737,
    "s": 32.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70634,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BC4

secondary

#CEDFCC

accent

#AB3A44

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FA

border

#D3CED3

text

#141014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BC4

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

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