#BF9DC6#BF9DC6

#BF9DC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.069 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9DC6
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(290, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(290, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 19.87, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 25.70, 320.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0534 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.069 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7345, 39.2683, 58.6908)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9DC6 #A4C69D

analogous

#AB9DC6 #BF9DC6 #C69DB9

triadic

#BF9DC6 #C6BF9D #9DC6BF

tetradic

#BF9DC6 #C6AB9D #A4C69D #9DB9C6

square

#BF9DC6 #C6AB9D #A4C69D #9DB9C6

split-complementary

#BF9DC6 #B9C69D #9DC6AB

monochromatic

#895693 #A676AF #BF9DC6 #D8C4DD #F2EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BF9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BF9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9DC6

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9DC6	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.069 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bad7',
    500: '#bf9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9dc6;
$custom-light: #d2bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.756,
    "s": 26.452,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73997,
    "c": 0.06914,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9DC6

secondary

#DCE5DA

accent

#A54052

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9DC6

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

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