#BF8CD0#BF8CD0

#BF8CD0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.111 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CD0
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(285, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(285, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 31.29, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 41.64, 318.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0819 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.111 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2475, 34.3876, 64.0742)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CD0 #9DD08C

analogous

#9D8CD0 #BF8CD0 #D08CBF

triadic

#BF8CD0 #D0BF8C #8CD0BF

tetradic

#BF8CD0 #D09D8C #9DD08C #8CBFD0

square

#BF8CD0 #D09D8C #9DD08C #8CBFD0

split-complementary

#BF8CD0 #BFD08C #8CD09D

monochromatic

#8841A0 #A761BE #BF8CD0 #D7B7E2 #EFE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BF8CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BF8CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CD0

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CD0	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839BD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF94A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.111 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aede',
    500: '#bf8cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8cd0;
$custom-light: #d3aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 41.975,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71302,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CD0

secondary

#D7E6D2

accent

#B53052

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CD0

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

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