#BF9CBF#BF9CBF

#BF9CBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.063 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CBF
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 19.07, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 23.16, 325.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0526 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.063 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7772, 38.6158, 54.4803)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CBF #9CBF9C

analogous

#AD9CBF #BF9CBF #BF9CAD

triadic

#BF9CBF #BFBF9C #9CBFBF

tetradic

#BF9CBF #BFAD9C #9CBF9C #9CADBF

square

#BF9CBF #BFAD9C #9CBF9C #9CADBF

split-complementary

#BF9CBF #ADBF9C #9CBFAD

monochromatic

#885888 #A777A7 #BF9CBF #D7C1D7 #EFE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BF9CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BF9CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CBF

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CBF	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.063 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9d2',
    500: '#bf9cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cbf;
$custom-light: #d2b9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73557,
    "c": 0.06327,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CBF

secondary

#D6E1D6

accent

#A04646

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CBF

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

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