#BF8BCF#BF8BCF

#BF8BCF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.112 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BCF
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 207)
HSL	hsl(286, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(286, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 31.64, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 41.81, 319.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0832 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.112 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9794, 34.0476, 63.3798)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BCF #9BCF8B

analogous

#9D8BCF #BF8BCF #CF8BBD

triadic

#BF8BCF #CFBF8B #8BCFBF

tetradic

#BF8BCF #CF9D8B #9BCF8B #8BBDCF

square

#BF8BCF #CF9D8B #9BCF8B #8BBDCF

split-complementary

#BF8BCF #BDCF8B #8BCF9D

monochromatic

#88419E #A760BD #BF8BCF #D7B6E1 #EFE2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BF8BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BF8BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BCF

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BCF	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF93A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.112 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adde',
    500: '#bf8bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bcf;
$custom-light: #d3adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71085,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BCF

secondary

#D5E5D0

accent

#B53150

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BCF

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

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