#BF8FBF#BF8FBF

#BF8FBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.087 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8FBF
RGB	rgb(191, 143, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 26.28, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 31.77, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0726 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.087 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7113, 34.4841, 53.7916)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8FBF #8FBF8F

analogous

#A78FBF #BF8FBF #BF8FA7

triadic

#BF8FBF #BFBF8F #8FBFBF

tetradic

#BF8FBF #BFA78F #8FBF8F #8FA7BF

square

#BF8FBF #BFA78F #8FBF8F #8FA7BF

split-complementary

#BF8FBF #A7BF8F #8FBFA7

monochromatic

#874D87 #A968A9 #BF8FBF #D5B6D5 #ECDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF8FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BF8FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8FBF

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8FBF	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)

#8C9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C293A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 143, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.087 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b0d2',
    500: '#bf8fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8fbf;
$custom-light: #d3b0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.08709,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8FBF

secondary

#CDDDCD

accent

#A64040

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF5F9

border

#D3CFD2

text

#141014

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8FBF

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

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