#BF8FBE#BF8FBE

#BF8FBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.086 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8FBE
RGB	rgb(191, 143, 190)
HSL	hsl(301, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(301, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 26.09, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 31.33, 326.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0723 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.086 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6016, 34.4402, 53.2141)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8FBE #8FBF90

analogous

#A88FBF #BF8FBE #BF8FA6

triadic

#BF8FBE #BEBF8F #8FBEBF

tetradic

#BF8FBE #BFA88F #8FBF90 #8FA6BF

square

#BF8FBE #BFA88F #8FBF90 #8FA6BF

split-complementary

#BF8FBE #A6BF8F #8FBFA8

monochromatic

#874D85 #A968A7 #BF8FBE #D5B6D5 #ECDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF8FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BF8FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8FBE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8FBE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2939F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 143, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.086 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b0d1',
    500: '#bf8fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8fbe;
$custom-light: #d3b0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.25,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71116,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8FBE

secondary

#CDDDCD

accent

#A64240

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF5F9

border

#D3CFD2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8FBE

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

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