#BF9ECB#BF9ECB

#BF9ECB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.073 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9ECB
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(284, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(284, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 20.30, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 27.44, 317.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0535 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.073 317)
XYZ	xyz(44.4906, 39.8426, 61.8350)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9ECB #AACB9E

analogous

#A89ECB #BF9ECB #CB9EC0

triadic

#BF9ECB #CBBF9E #9ECBBF

tetradic

#BF9ECB #CBA89E #AACB9E #9EC0CB

square

#BF9ECB #CBA89E #AACB9E #9EC0CB

split-complementary

#BF9ECB #C0CB9E #9ECBA8

monochromatic

#88539B #A576B6 #BF9ECB #D9C6E0 #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BF9ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BF9ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9ECB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9ECB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.073 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2badb',
    500: '#bf9ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9ecb;
$custom-light: #d2badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74371,
    "c": 0.07316,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.39842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9ECB

secondary

#E0E8DC

accent

#A93D59

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9ECB

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

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