#BF9BBF#BF9BBF

#BF9BBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.065 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BBF
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 19.62, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 23.82, 325.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0541 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.065 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6101, 38.2816, 54.4246)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BBF #9BBF9B

analogous

#AD9BBF #BF9BBF #BF9BAD

triadic

#BF9BBF #BFBF9B #9BBFBF

tetradic

#BF9BBF #BFAD9B #9BBF9B #9BADBF

square

#BF9BBF #BFAD9B #9BBF9B #9BADBF

split-complementary

#BF9BBF #ADBF9B #9BBFAD

monochromatic

#885788 #A776A7 #BF9BBF #D7C0D7 #EFE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BF9BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BF9BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BBF

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BBF	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.065 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8d2',
    500: '#bf9bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bbf;
$custom-light: #d2b8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73369,
    "c": 0.0651,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BBF

secondary

#D5E0D5

accent

#A04545

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BBF

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

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