#BF9BBE#BF9BBE

#BF9BBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.064 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BBE
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(302, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 19.43, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 23.38, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0538 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.064 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5004, 38.2377, 53.8470)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BBE #9BBF9C

analogous

#AE9BBF #BF9BBE #BF9BAC

triadic

#BF9BBE #BEBF9B #9BBEBF

tetradic

#BF9BBE #BFAE9B #9BBF9C #9BACBF

square

#BF9BBE #BFAE9B #9BBF9C #9BACBF

split-complementary

#BF9BBE #ACBF9B #9BBFAE

monochromatic

#885787 #A776A6 #BF9BBE #D7C0D6 #EFE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BF9BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BF9BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BBE

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BBE	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.064 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8d1',
    500: '#bf9bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bbe;
$custom-light: #d2b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.667,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73333,
    "c": 0.06405,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BBE

secondary

#D5E0D6

accent

#A04845

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BBE

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

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