#BF8BC6#BF8BC6

#BF8BC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BC6
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(293, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(293, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 29.84, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 37.57, 322.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0808 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.102 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9103, 33.6200, 57.7494)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BC6 #92C68B

analogous

#A18BC6 #BF8BC6 #C68BAF

triadic

#BF8BC6 #C6BF8B #8BC6BF

tetradic

#BF8BC6 #C6A18B #92C68B #8BAFC6

square

#BF8BC6 #C6A18B #92C68B #8BAFC6

split-complementary

#BF8BC6 #AFC68B #8BC6A1

monochromatic

#874790 #A862B2 #BF8BC6 #D6B4DA #ECDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BF8BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BF8BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BC6

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BC6	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C191A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add7',
    500: '#bf8bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bc6;
$custom-light: #d3add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.881,
    "s": 34.104,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BC6

secondary

#CFE0CD

accent

#AD3946

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FA

border

#D3CED3

text

#141014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BC6

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

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