#BF9BCA#BF9BCA

#BF9BCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.077 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BCA
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(286, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(286, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 21.77, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 28.93, 318.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0577 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.077 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8663, 38.7841, 61.0409)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BCA #A6CA9B

analogous

#A79BCA #BF9BCA #CA9BBE

triadic

#BF9BCA #CABF9B #9BCABF

tetradic

#BF9BCA #CAA79B #A6CA9B #9BBECA

square

#BF9BCA #CAA79B #A6CA9B #9BBECA

split-complementary

#BF9BCA #BECA9B #9BCAA7

monochromatic

#885199 #A573B5 #BF9BCA #D9C3DF #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BF9BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BF9BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BCA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BCA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.077 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8da',
    500: '#bf9bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bca;
$custom-light: #d2b8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.957,
    "s": 30.719,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73772,
    "c": 0.07737,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BCA

secondary

#DDE7DA

accent

#A93C56

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BCA

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

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