#BF8CD8#BF8CD8

#BF8CD8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.120 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CD8
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(280, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 32.94, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 45.54, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0839 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.12 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2566, 34.7912, 69.3891)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CD8 #A5D88C

analogous

#998CD8 #BF8CD8 #D88CCB

triadic

#BF8CD8 #D8BF8C #8CD8BF

tetradic

#BF8CD8 #D8998C #A5D88C #8CCBD8

square

#BF8CD8 #D8998C #A5D88C #8CCBD8

split-complementary

#BF8CD8 #CBD88C #8CD899

monochromatic

#893BAE #A65EC9 #BF8CD8 #D8BAE7 #F2E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BF8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BF8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CD8

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CD8	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD96A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.120 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aee4',
    500: '#bf8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8cd8;
$custom-light: #d3aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.263,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CD8

secondary

#DCEBD5

accent

#BD2959

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CD8

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

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