#BF8BCE#BF8BCE

#BF8BCE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BCE
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(287, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(287, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 31.43, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 41.33, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0829 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.111 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8575, 33.9989, 62.7380)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BCE #9ACE8B

analogous

#9D8BCE #BF8BCE #CE8BBC

triadic

#BF8BCE #CEBF8B #8BCEBF

tetradic

#BF8BCE #CE9D8B #9ACE8B #8BBCCE

square

#BF8BCE #CE9D8B #9ACE8B #8BBCCE

split-complementary

#BF8BCE #BCCE8B #8BCE9D

monochromatic

#88429C #A760BC #BF8BCE #D7B6E0 #EEE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BF8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BF8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BCE

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BCE	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF93A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3addd',
    500: '#bf8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bce;
$custom-light: #d3addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.567,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71043,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BCE

secondary

#D5E5D0

accent

#B4324F

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BCE

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

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