#BF8BC8#BF8BC8

#BF8BC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.104 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BC8
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(291, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(291, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 30.24, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 38.50, 321.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0813 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.104 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1425, 33.7129, 58.9723)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BC8 #94C88B

analogous

#A18BC8 #BF8BC8 #C88BB3

triadic

#BF8BC8 #C8BF8B #8BC8BF

tetradic

#BF8BC8 #C8A18B #94C88B #8BB3C8

square

#BF8BC8 #C8A18B #94C88B #8BB3C8

split-complementary

#BF8BC8 #B3C88B #8BC8A1

monochromatic

#884693 #A861B4 #BF8BC8 #D6B5DC #EDDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BF8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BF8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BC8

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BC8	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C191A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.104 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3add8',
    500: '#bf8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bc8;
$custom-light: #d3add8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.148,
    "s": 35.673,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70795,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BC8

secondary

#D0E1CE

accent

#AF3749

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FA

border

#D3CED3

text

#141014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BC8

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

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