#BF8DCD#BF8DCD

#BF8DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8DCD
RGB	rgb(191, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(287, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 30.13, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 39.55, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0797 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.106 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0287, 34.5349, 62.1977)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8DCD #9BCD8D

analogous

#9F8DCD #BF8DCD #CD8DBB

triadic

#BF8DCD #CDBF8D #8DCDBF

tetradic

#BF8DCD #CD9F8D #9BCD8D #8DBBCD

square

#BF8DCD #CD9F8D #9BCD8D #8DBBCD

split-complementary

#BF8DCD #BBCD8D #8DCD9F

monochromatic

#88449B #A762BA #BF8DCD #D7B8E0 #EFE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BF8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8DCD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8DCD	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C094A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3afdc',
    500: '#bf8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8dcd;
$custom-light: #d3afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71352,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8DCD

secondary

#D5E5D1

accent

#B2334F

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8DCD

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

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