#BF8CD5#BF8CD5

#BF8CD5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CD5
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(282, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 32.31, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 44.07, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0832 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.117 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8723, 34.6375, 67.3651)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CD5 #A2D58C

analogous

#9B8CD5 #BF8CD5 #D58CC7

triadic

#BF8CD5 #D5BF8C #8CD5BF

tetradic

#BF8CD5 #D59B8C #A2D58C #8CC7D5

square

#BF8CD5 #D59B8C #A2D58C #8CC7D5

split-complementary

#BF8CD5 #C7D58C #8CD59B

monochromatic

#893EA9 #A65FC5 #BF8CD5 #D8B9E5 #F1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BF8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BF8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CD5

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CD5	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE95A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aee2',
    500: '#bf8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8cd5;
$custom-light: #d3aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.918,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71516,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CD5

secondary

#DAE9D4

accent

#BA2C57

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CD5

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

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