#BF8BCD#BF8BCD

#BF8BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.110 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BCD
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 31.23, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 40.85, 319.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0827 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.11 319)
XYZ	xyz(41.7364, 33.9504, 62.1003)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BCD #99CD8B

analogous

#9E8BCD #BF8BCD #CD8BBA

triadic

#BF8BCD #CDBF8B #8BCDBF

tetradic

#BF8BCD #CD9E8B #99CD8B #8BBACD

square

#BF8BCD #CD9E8B #99CD8B #8BBACD

split-complementary

#BF8BCD #BACD8B #8BCD9E

monochromatic

#88439B #A760BB #BF8BCD #D7B6DF #EEE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BF8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BF8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BCD

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BCD	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C092A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.110 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3addc',
    500: '#bf8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bcd;
$custom-light: #d3addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.273,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.33949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BCD

secondary

#D4E4D0

accent

#B3334E

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BCD

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

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