#BF8DCC#BF8DCC

#BF8DCC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.105 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8DCC
RGB	rgb(191, 141, 204)
HSL	hsl(288, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(288, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 30.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 29.93, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 39.08, 319.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0794 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.105 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9083, 34.4868, 61.5640)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8DCC #9ACC8D

analogous

#9F8DCC #BF8DCC #CC8DB9

triadic

#BF8DCC #CCBF8D #8DCCBF

tetradic

#BF8DCC #CC9F8D #9ACC8D #8DB9CC

square

#BF8DCC #CC9F8D #9ACC8D #8DB9CC

split-complementary

#BF8DCC #B9CC8D #8DCC9F

monochromatic

#88459A #A763B9 #BF8DCC #D7B7DF #EEE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF8DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BF8DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8DCC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8DCC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C094A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 141, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.105 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3afdb',
    500: '#bf8dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8dcc;
$custom-light: #d3afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.619,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71311,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8DCC

secondary

#D5E4D1

accent

#B1344E

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8DCC

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

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