#BF8BD7#BF8BD7

#BF8BD7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BD7
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 215)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 35.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 33.28, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 45.69, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0852 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.121 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9823, 34.4488, 68.6618)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BD7 #A3D78B

analogous

#998BD7 #BF8BD7 #D78BC9

triadic

#BF8BD7 #D7BF8B #8BD7BF

tetradic

#BF8BD7 #D7998B #A3D78B #8BC9D7

square

#BF8BD7 #D7998B #A3D78B #8BC9D7

split-complementary

#BF8BD7 #C9D78B #8BD799

monochromatic

#893BAC #A65DC7 #BF8BD7 #D8B9E7 #F1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF8BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BF8BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BD7

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BD7	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE95A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ade3',
    500: '#bf8bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bd7;
$custom-light: #d3ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7143,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BD7

secondary

#DBEAD4

accent

#BC2958

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BD7

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

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