#BF9FCF#BF9FCF

#BF9FCF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.076 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9FCF
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 207)
HSL	hsl(280, 33%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 20.55, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 28.74, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0532 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.076 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1447, 40.3782, 64.4349)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9FCF #AFCF9F

analogous

#A79FCF #BF9FCF #CF9FC7

triadic

#BF9FCF #CFBF9F #9FCFBF

tetradic

#BF9FCF #CFA79F #AFCF9F #9FC7CF

square

#BF9FCF #CFA79F #AFCF9F #9FC7CF

split-complementary

#BF9FCF #C7CF9F #9FCFA7

monochromatic

#8751A2 #A476BB #BF9FCF #DAC8E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BF9FCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BF9FCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9FCF

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9FCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9FCF	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9fcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.076 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbdd',
    500: '#bf9fcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9fcf;
$custom-light: #d2bbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9fcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74709,
    "c": 0.07616,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9FCF

secondary

#E3EBDF

accent

#AC3960

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9FCF

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

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