#BF9DBF#BF9DBF

#BF9DBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.061 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9DBF
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 18.52, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 22.49, 325.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.051 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.061 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9457, 38.9528, 54.5364)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9DBF #9DBF9D

analogous

#AE9DBF #BF9DBF #BF9DAE

triadic

#BF9DBF #BFBF9D #9DBFBF

tetradic

#BF9DBF #BFAE9D #9DBF9D #9DAEBF

square

#BF9DBF #BFAE9D #9DBF9D #9DAEBF

split-complementary

#BF9DBF #AEBF9D #9DBFAE

monochromatic

#885988 #A778A7 #BF9DBF #D7C2D7 #EFE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BF9DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BF9DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9DBF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9DBF	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)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.061 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bad2',
    500: '#bf9dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9dbf;
$custom-light: #d2bad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73746,
    "c": 0.06144,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9DBF

secondary

#D7E1D7

accent

#9F4646

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9DBF

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

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