#BF9DCF#BF9DCF

#BF9DCF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.080 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9DCF
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 207)
HSL	hsl(281, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 21.66, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 30.05, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0562 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.08 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8035, 39.6959, 64.3212)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9DCF #ADCF9D

analogous

#A69DCF #BF9DCF #CF9DC6

triadic

#BF9DCF #CFBF9D #9DCFBF

tetradic

#BF9DCF #CFA69D #ADCF9D #9DC6CF

square

#BF9DCF #CFA69D #ADCF9D #9DC6CF

split-complementary

#BF9DCF #C6CF9D #9DCFA6

monochromatic

#884FA2 #A474BB #BF9DCF #DAC6E3 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF9DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BF9DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9DCF

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9DCF	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.080 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2badd',
    500: '#bf9dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9dcf;
$custom-light: #d2badd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 34.247,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74335,
    "c": 0.07972,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9DCF

secondary

#E2EADD

accent

#AD385E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9DCF

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

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