#BF9BCD#BF9BCD

#BF9BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.081 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BCD
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(283, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 22.37, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 30.38, 317.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0586 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.081 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2250, 38.9275, 62.9298)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BCD #A9CD9B

analogous

#A69BCD #BF9BCD #CD9BC2

triadic

#BF9BCD #CDBF9B #9BCDBF

tetradic

#BF9BCD #CDA69B #A9CD9B #9BC2CD

square

#BF9BCD #CDA69B #A9CD9B #9BC2CD

split-complementary

#BF9BCD #C2CD9B #9BCDA6

monochromatic

#884F9E #A572B9 #BF9BCD #D9C4E1 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BF9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BF9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BCD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BCD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.081 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8dc',
    500: '#bf9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bcd;
$custom-light: #d2b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BCD

secondary

#DFE9DB

accent

#AC395A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BCD

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

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