#BF9BCB#BF9BCB

#BF9BCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.079 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BCB
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(285, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(285, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 21.97, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 29.41, 318.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.058 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.079 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9851, 38.8316, 61.6665)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BCB #A7CB9B

analogous

#A79BCB #BF9BCB #CB9BBF

triadic

#BF9BCB #CBBF9B #9BCBBF

tetradic

#BF9BCB #CBA79B #A7CB9B #9BBFCB

square

#BF9BCB #CBA79B #A7CB9B #9BBFCB

split-complementary

#BF9BCB #BFCB9B #9BCBA7

monochromatic

#88519B #A573B6 #BF9BCB #D9C3E0 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BF9BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BF9BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BCB

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BCB	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.079 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8db',
    500: '#bf9bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bcb;
$custom-light: #d2b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7381,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BCB

secondary

#DEE8DA

accent

#AA3B57

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BCB

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

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