#BF8CD7#BF8CD7

#BF8CD7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CD7
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(281, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 32.73, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 45.05, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0837 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.119 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1277, 34.7397, 68.7103)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CD7 #A4D78C

analogous

#9A8CD7 #BF8CD7 #D78CCA

triadic

#BF8CD7 #D7BF8C #8CD7BF

tetradic

#BF8CD7 #D79A8C #A4D78C #8CCAD7

square

#BF8CD7 #D79A8C #A4D78C #8CCAD7

split-complementary

#BF8CD7 #CAD78C #8CD79A

monochromatic

#893CAD #A65FC7 #BF8CD7 #D8B9E7 #F2E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BF8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BF8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CD7

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CD7	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE96A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aee3',
    500: '#bf8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8cd7;
$custom-light: #d3aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71603,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CD7

secondary

#DCEAD5

accent

#BC2A58

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CD7

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

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