#BF9DCD#BF9DCD

#BF9DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.077 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9DCD
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(283, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 21.26, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 29.07, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0556 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.077 316)
XYZ	xyz(44.5606, 39.5987, 63.0417)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9DCD #ABCD9D

analogous

#A79DCD #BF9DCD #CD9DC3

triadic

#BF9DCD #CDBF9D #9DCDBF

tetradic

#BF9DCD #CDA79D #ABCD9D #9DC3CD

square

#BF9DCD #CDA79D #ABCD9D #9DC3CD

split-complementary

#BF9DCD #C3CD9D #9DCDA7

monochromatic

#88519F #A574B8 #BF9DCD #D9C6E2 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BF9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9DCD

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9DCD	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.077 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2badc',
    500: '#bf9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9dcd;
$custom-light: #d2badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74259,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.39598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9DCD

secondary

#E0E9DD

accent

#AB3A5B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9DCD

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

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