#BF9FCD#BF9FCD

#BF9FCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.074 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9FCD
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(282, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 20.15, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 27.76, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0526 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.074 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9017, 40.2810, 63.1554)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9FCD #ADCD9F

analogous

#A89FCD #BF9FCD #CD9FC4

triadic

#BF9FCD #CDBF9F #9FCDBF

tetradic

#BF9FCD #CDA89F #ADCD9F #9FC4CD

square

#BF9FCD #CDA89F #ADCD9F #9FC4CD

split-complementary

#BF9FCD #C4CD9F #9FCDA8

monochromatic

#88539F #A477B8 #BF9FCD #DAC7E2 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BF9FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BF9FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9FCD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9FCD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.074 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbdc',
    500: '#bf9fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9fcd;
$custom-light: #d2bbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74633,
    "c": 0.07375,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9FCD

secondary

#E2EADE

accent

#AA3B5D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9FCD

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

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