#BF9DCC#BF9DCC

#BF9DCC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.076 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9DCC
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 204)
HSL	hsl(283, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(283, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 23%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 21.06, -19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 28.58, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0553 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.076 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4403, 39.5506, 62.4080)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9DCC #AACC9D

analogous

#A79DCC #BF9DCC #CC9DC1

triadic

#BF9DCC #CCBF9D #9DCCBF

tetradic

#BF9DCC #CCA79D #AACC9D #9DC1CC

square

#BF9DCC #CCA79D #AACC9D #9DC1CC

split-complementary

#BF9DCC #C1CC9D #9DCCA7

monochromatic

#88529D #A575B7 #BF9DCC #D9C5E1 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BF9DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BF9DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9DCC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9DCC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.076 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2badb',
    500: '#bf9dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9dcc;
$custom-light: #d2badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.404,
    "s": 31.544,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.07613,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9DCC

secondary

#E0E9DC

accent

#AA3B5A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9DCC

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

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