#BF9DCA#BF9DCA

#BF9DCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.074 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9DCA
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(285, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(285, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 20.66, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 27.61, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0547 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.074 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2019, 39.4553, 61.1528)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9DCA #A8CA9D

analogous

#A89DCA #BF9DCA #CA9DBE

triadic

#BF9DCA #CABF9D #9DCABF

tetradic

#BF9DCA #CAA89D #A8CA9D #9DBECA

square

#BF9DCA #CAA89D #A8CA9D #9DBECA

split-complementary

#BF9DCA #BECA9D #9DCAA8

monochromatic

#88539A #A575B5 #BF9DCA #D9C5DF #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BF9DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BF9DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9DCA

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9DCA	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.074 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bada',
    500: '#bf9dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9dca;
$custom-light: #d2bada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.333,
    "s": 29.801,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74146,
    "c": 0.07378,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9DCA

secondary

#DEE8DB

accent

#A83D57

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9DCA

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

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