#BF8DBE#BF8DBE

#BF8DBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.090 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8DBE
RGB	rgb(191, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(301, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(301, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 27.20, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 32.65, 326.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0754 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.09 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3041, 33.8451, 53.1149)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8DBE #8DBF8E

analogous

#A78DBF #BF8DBE #BF8DA5

triadic

#BF8DBE #BEBF8D #8DBEBF

tetradic

#BF8DBE #BFA78D #8DBF8E #8DA5BF

square

#BF8DBE #BFA78D #8DBF8E #8DA5BF

split-complementary

#BF8DBE #A5BF8D #8DBFA7

monochromatic

#864B85 #A966A8 #BF8DBE #D5B4D4 #EBDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BF8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BF8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8DBE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8DBE	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.090 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3afd1',
    500: '#bf8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8dbe;
$custom-light: #d3afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.2,
    "s": 28.09,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70756,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8DBE

secondary

#CBDCCC

accent

#A7413F

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8DBE

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

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