#BF9FCE#BF9FCE

#BF9FCE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.075 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9FCE
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 22.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 20.35, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 28.25, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0529 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.075 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0228, 40.3295, 63.7931)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9FCE #AECE9F

analogous

#A89FCE #BF9FCE #CE9FC6

triadic

#BF9FCE #CEBF9F #9FCEBF

tetradic

#BF9FCE #CEA89F #AECE9F #9FC6CE

square

#BF9FCE #CEA89F #AECE9F #9FC6CE

split-complementary

#BF9FCE #C6CE9F #9FCEA8

monochromatic

#8852A1 #A476B9 #BF9FCE #DAC8E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BF9FCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BF9FCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9FCE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9FCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9FCE	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9fce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.075 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbdd',
    500: '#bf9fce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9fce;
$custom-light: #d2bbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9fce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74671,
    "c": 0.07495,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9FCE

secondary

#E2EADE

accent

#AB3A5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9FCE

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

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