#BF9DCE#BF9DCE

#BF9DCE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.079 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9DCE
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 206)
HSL	hsl(282, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(282, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 21.46, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 29.56, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0559 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.079 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6817, 39.6472, 63.6794)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9DCE #ACCE9D

analogous

#A69DCE #BF9DCE #CE9DC4

triadic

#BF9DCE #CEBF9D #9DCEBF

tetradic

#BF9DCE #CEA69D #ACCE9D #9DC4CE

square

#BF9DCE #CEA69D #ACCE9D #9DC4CE

split-complementary

#BF9DCE #C4CE9D #9DCEA6

monochromatic

#8850A0 #A474BA #BF9DCE #DAC6E2 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF9DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BF9DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9DCE

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9DCE	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.079 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2badd',
    500: '#bf9dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9dce;
$custom-light: #d2badd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.633,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74297,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9DCE

secondary

#E1EADD

accent

#AC395D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9DCE

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

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