#BF9ACE#BF9ACE

#BF9ACE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.084 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9ACE
RGB	rgb(191, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(283, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 23.12, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 31.53, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0604 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.084 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1803, 38.6445, 63.5123)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9ACE #A9CE9A

analogous

#A59ACE #BF9ACE #CE9AC3

triadic

#BF9ACE #CEBF9A #9ACEBF

tetradic

#BF9ACE #CEA59A #A9CE9A #9AC3CE

square

#BF9ACE #CEA59A #A9CE9A #9AC3CE

split-complementary

#BF9ACE #C3CE9A #9ACEA5

monochromatic

#884EA0 #A571BA #BF9ACE #D9C3E2 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BF9ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BF9ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9ACE

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9ACE	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.084 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8dd',
    500: '#bf9ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9ace;
$custom-light: #d2b8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.692,
    "s": 34.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7374,
    "c": 0.08388,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9ACE

secondary

#DFE9DB

accent

#AE385A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9ACE

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

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