#BF9BBD#BF9BBD

#BF9BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.063 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BBD
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(303, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(303, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 19.24, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 22.94, 327.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0534 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.063 328)
XYZ	xyz(42.3915, 38.1941, 53.2733)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BBD #9BBF9D

analogous

#AF9BBF #BF9BBD #BF9BAB

triadic

#BF9BBD #BDBF9B #9BBDBF

tetradic

#BF9BBD #BFAF9B #9BBF9D #9BABBF

square

#BF9BBD #BFAF9B #9BBF9D #9BABBF

split-complementary

#BF9BBD #ABBF9B #9BBFAF

monochromatic

#885786 #A776A4 #BF9BBD #D7C0D6 #EFE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BF9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BF9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BBD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BBD	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.063 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8d0',
    500: '#bf9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bbd;
$custom-light: #d2b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.333,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73298,
    "c": 0.06302,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.38193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BBD

secondary

#D5E0D6

accent

#A04A45

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BBD

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

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