#BF9FBD#BF9FBD

#BF9FBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.056 H 328.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9FBD
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(304, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(304, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 17.03, -11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 20.28, 327.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0473 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.056 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0682, 39.5476, 53.4989)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9FBD #9FBFA1

analogous

#B19FBF #BF9FBD #BF9FAD

triadic

#BF9FBD #BDBF9F #9FBDBF

tetradic

#BF9FBD #BFB19F #9FBFA1 #9FADBF

square

#BF9FBD #BFB19F #9FBFA1 #9FADBF

split-complementary

#BF9FBD #ADBF9F #9FBFB1

monochromatic

#895B86 #A77AA4 #BF9FBD #D7C4D6 #F0E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BF9FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BF9FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9FBD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9FBD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.056 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbd0',
    500: '#bf9fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9fbd;
$custom-light: #d2bbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74057,
    "c": 0.05569,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9FBD

secondary

#D8E2D9

accent

#9E4D47

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9FBD

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

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