#BF9EC6#BF9EC6

#BF9EC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.067 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9EC6
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(290, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(290, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 19.31, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 25.04, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0519 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.067 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9044, 39.6081, 58.7474)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9EC6 #A5C69E

analogous

#AB9EC6 #BF9EC6 #C69EB9

triadic

#BF9EC6 #C6BF9E #9EC6BF

tetradic

#BF9EC6 #C6AB9E #A5C69E #9EB9C6

square

#BF9EC6 #C6AB9E #A5C69E #9EB9C6

split-complementary

#BF9EC6 #B9C69E #9EC6AB

monochromatic

#895693 #A677AF #BF9EC6 #D8C5DD #F2EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF9EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BF9EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9EC6

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9EC6	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)

#9AA7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.067 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bad7',
    500: '#bf9ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9ec6;
$custom-light: #d2bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.5,
    "s": 25.974,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.06734,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9EC6

secondary

#DCE6DA

accent

#A54152

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9EC6

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

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