#BF8CD2#BF8CD2

#BF8CD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.113 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CD2
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(284, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(284, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 31.70, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 42.61, 318.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0825 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.113 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4951, 34.4866, 65.3783)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CD2 #9FD28C

analogous

#9C8CD2 #BF8CD2 #D28CC2

triadic

#BF8CD2 #D2BF8C #8CD2BF

tetradic

#BF8CD2 #D29C8C #9FD28C #8CC2D2

square

#BF8CD2 #D29C8C #9FD28C #8CC2D2

split-complementary

#BF8CD2 #C2D28C #8CD29C

monochromatic

#8940A4 #A760C1 #BF8CD2 #D7B8E3 #F0E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF8CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BF8CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CD2

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CD2	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF95A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.113 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aee0',
    500: '#bf8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8cd2;
$custom-light: #d3aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71387,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CD2

secondary

#D8E7D2

accent

#B72F54

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CD2

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

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