#BFB4D8 — Light Purple

#BFB4D8 is a light purple in the Purple family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty light mauve, and it is also commonly known as Mauve, Light Orchid. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#BFB4D8 color swatch, light purple#BFB4D8
CSS Namelightsteelblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f6f5f8
100#eae9ef
200#dad7e3
300#c3bcd2
400#a69cbb
500#9084a8
600#7e7395
700#685f7e
800#574e69
900#494259
950#2b2635

Accessibility

Contrast on white
1.96:1
Contrast on black
10.74:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.004 299.2); /* #f6f5f8 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.008 299.2); /* #eae9ef */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.017 299.2); /* #dad7e3 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.03 299.2); /* #c3bcd2 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.045 299.2); /* #a69cbb */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.054 299.2); /* #9084a8 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.053 299.2); /* #7e7395 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.05 299.2); /* #685f7e */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.045 299.2); /* #574e69 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.04 299.2); /* #494259 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.028 299.2); /* #2b2635 */
}

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