#BF8CD6#BF8CD6

#BF8CD6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CD6
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(281, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 32.52, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 44.56, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0834 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.118 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9996, 34.6884, 68.0357)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CD6 #A3D68C

analogous

#9A8CD6 #BF8CD6 #D68CC8

triadic

#BF8CD6 #D6BF8C #8CD6BF

tetradic

#BF8CD6 #D69A8C #A3D68C #8CC8D6

square

#BF8CD6 #D69A8C #A3D68C #8CC8D6

split-complementary

#BF8CD6 #C8D68C #8CD69A

monochromatic

#893DAB #A65FC6 #BF8CD6 #D8B9E6 #F1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BF8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BF8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CD6

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CD6	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE95A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aee3',
    500: '#bf8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8cd6;
$custom-light: #d3aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.351,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71559,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CD6

secondary

#DBEAD4

accent

#BB2B58

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CD6

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

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