#BF8BCA#BF8BCA

#BF8BCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.106 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BCA
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(290, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(290, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 30.63, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 39.44, 320.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0819 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.106 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3778, 33.8070, 60.2114)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BCA #96CA8B

analogous

#A08BCA #BF8BCA #CA8BB6

triadic

#BF8BCA #CABF8B #8BCABF

tetradic

#BF8BCA #CAA08B #96CA8B #8BB6CA

square

#BF8BCA #CAA08B #96CA8B #8BB6CA

split-complementary

#BF8BCA #B6CA8B #8BCAA0

monochromatic

#884596 #A861B7 #BF8BCA #D6B5DD #EDDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BF8BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BF8BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BCA

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BCA	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C092A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.106 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adda',
    500: '#bf8bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bca;
$custom-light: #d3adda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.524,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70877,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BCA

secondary

#D2E2CE

accent

#B0354B

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FA

border

#D3CED3

text

#141014

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BCA

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

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