#BF8CD3#BF8CD3

#BF8CD3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CD3
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(283, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(283, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 31.90, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 43.09, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0827 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.115 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6201, 34.5366, 66.0365)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CD3 #A0D38C

analogous

#9C8CD3 #BF8CD3 #D38CC4

triadic

#BF8CD3 #D3BF8C #8CD3BF

tetradic

#BF8CD3 #D39C8C #A0D38C #8CC4D3

square

#BF8CD3 #D39C8C #A0D38C #8CC4D3

split-complementary

#BF8CD3 #C4D38C #8CD39C

monochromatic

#893FA5 #A660C2 #BF8CD3 #D8B8E4 #F0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF8CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BF8CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CD3

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CD3	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE95A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aee0',
    500: '#bf8cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8cd3;
$custom-light: #d3aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.099,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7143,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CD3

secondary

#D9E8D3

accent

#B82E55

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CD3

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

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