#BF9BC5#BF9BC5

#BF9BC5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.072 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BC5
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(291, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(291, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 20.78, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 26.56, 321.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0561 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.072 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2839, 38.5511, 57.9735)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BC5 #A1C59B

analogous

#AA9BC5 #BF9BC5 #C59BB6

triadic

#BF9BC5 #C5BF9B #9BC5BF

tetradic

#BF9BC5 #C5AA9B #A1C59B #9BB6C5

square

#BF9BC5 #C5AA9B #A1C59B #9BB6C5

split-complementary

#BF9BC5 #B6C59B #9BC5AA

monochromatic

#895491 #A674AF #BF9BC5 #D8C2DB #F1E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BF9BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BF9BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BC5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BC5	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.072 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8d6',
    500: '#bf9bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bc5;
$custom-light: #d2b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.07165,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BC5

secondary

#DAE4D8

accent

#A5404F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BC5

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

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