#BF9FBC#BF9FBC

#BF9FBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.055 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9FBC
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(306, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(306, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 16.84, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 19.85, 328.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0469 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.055 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9601, 39.5044, 52.9292)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9FBC #9FBFA2

analogous

#B29FBF #BF9FBC #BF9FAC

triadic

#BF9FBC #BCBF9F #9FBCBF

tetradic

#BF9FBC #BFB29F #9FBFA2 #9FACBF

square

#BF9FBC #BFB29F #9FBFA2 #9FACBF

split-complementary

#BF9FBC #ACBF9F #9FBFB2

monochromatic

#895B84 #A77AA2 #BF9FBC #D7C4D6 #F0E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BF9FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BF9FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9FBC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9FBC	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.055 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbd0',
    500: '#bf9fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9fbc;
$custom-light: #d2bbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.625,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74022,
    "c": 0.05467,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9FBC

secondary

#D8E2D9

accent

#9E4F47

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9FBC

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

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