#BF87E6#BF87E6

#BF87E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.145 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF87E6
RGB	rgb(191, 135, 230)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 41.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 38.67, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 55.66, 314.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0941 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.146 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4302, 34.1181, 79.0925)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF87E6 #AEE687

analogous

#9087E6 #BF87E6 #E687DE

triadic

#BF87E6 #E6BF87 #87E6BF

tetradic

#BF87E6 #E69087 #AEE687 #87DEE6

square

#BF87E6 #E69087 #AEE687 #87DEE6

split-complementary

#BF87E6 #DEE687 #87E690

monochromatic

#882AC9 #A454DB #BF87E6 #DABAF1 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF87E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BF87E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF87E6

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF87E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF87E6	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB95AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf87e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 135, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.145 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4abee',
    500: '#bf87e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf87e6;
$custom-light: #d4abee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf87e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.368,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71442,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF87E6

secondary

#E2F1D8

accent

#CD1863

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF87E6

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

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