#BF9FCB#BF9FCB

#BF9FCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.071 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9FCB
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 203)
HSL	hsl(284, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(284, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 19.75, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 26.78, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.052 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.071 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6619, 40.1851, 61.8921)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9FCB #ABCB9F

analogous

#A99FCB #BF9FCB #CB9FC1

triadic

#BF9FCB #CBBF9F #9FCBBF

tetradic

#BF9FCB #CBA99F #ABCB9F #9FC1CB

square

#BF9FCB #CBA99F #ABCB9F #9FC1CB

split-complementary

#BF9FCB #C1CB9F #9FCBA9

monochromatic

#88549B #A577B5 #BF9FCB #D9C7E1 #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BF9FCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BF9FCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9FCB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9FCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9FCB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9fcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.071 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbdb',
    500: '#bf9fcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9fcb;
$custom-light: #d2bbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9fcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.07136,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9FCB

secondary

#E0E9DD

accent

#A83D5A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9FCB

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

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