#BF9CBB#BF9CBB

#BF9CBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.059 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CBB
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(307, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(307, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 2.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 18.32, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 21.42, 328.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0512 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.059 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3430, 38.4421, 52.1936)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CBB #9CBFA0

analogous

#B19CBF #BF9CBB #BF9CA9

triadic

#BF9CBB #BBBF9C #9CBBBF

tetradic

#BF9CBB #BFB19C #9CBFA0 #9CA9BF

square

#BF9CBB #BFB19C #9CBFA0 #9CA9BF

split-complementary

#BF9CBB #A9BF9C #9CBFB1

monochromatic

#885883 #A777A1 #BF9CBB #D7C1D5 #EFE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BF9CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BF9CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CBB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CBB	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.059 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9cf',
    500: '#bf9cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cbb;
$custom-light: #d2b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.857,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73417,
    "c": 0.05916,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CBB

secondary

#D6E1D7

accent

#A05046

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CBB

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

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