#BF9DBD#BF9DBD

#BF9DBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.059 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9DBD
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(304, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(304, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 18.14, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 21.61, 327.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0504 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.059 328)
XYZ	xyz(42.7271, 38.8653, 53.3852)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9DBD #9DBF9F

analogous

#B09DBF #BF9DBD #BF9DAC

triadic

#BF9DBD #BDBF9D #9DBDBF

tetradic

#BF9DBD #BFB09D #9DBF9F #9DACBF

square

#BF9DBD #BFB09D #9DBF9F #9DACBF

split-complementary

#BF9DBD #ACBF9D #9DBFB0

monochromatic

#885986 #A778A4 #BF9DBD #D7C2D6 #EFE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BF9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BF9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9DBD

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9DBD	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#9BA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.059 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bad0',
    500: '#bf9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9dbd;
$custom-light: #d2bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73676,
    "c": 0.05935,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.38864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9DBD

secondary

#D7E1D7

accent

#9F4B46

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9DBD

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

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