#BF8BC7#BF8BC7

#BF8BC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.103 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BC7
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(292, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(292, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 30.04, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 38.03, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.081 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.103 322)
XYZ	xyz(41.0260, 33.6663, 58.3588)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BC7 #93C78B

analogous

#A18BC7 #BF8BC7 #C78BB1

triadic

#BF8BC7 #C7BF8B #8BC7BF

tetradic

#BF8BC7 #C7A18B #93C78B #8BB1C7

square

#BF8BC7 #C7A18B #93C78B #8BB1C7

split-complementary

#BF8BC7 #B1C78B #8BC7A1

monochromatic

#874691 #A862B3 #BF8BC7 #D6B4DB #EDDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BF8BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BF8BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BC7

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BC7	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C191A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.103 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add8',
    500: '#bf8bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bc7;
$custom-light: #d3add8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.33665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BC7

secondary

#D0E1CD

accent

#AE3848

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FA

border

#D3CED3

text

#141014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BC7

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

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