#BF88EE#BF88EE

#BF88EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.153 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF88EE
RGB	rgb(191, 136, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 42.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 39.88, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 59.04, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0941 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.153 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7196, 34.8582, 85.1921)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF88EE #B7EE88

analogous

#8C88EE #BF88EE #EE88EA

triadic

#BF88EE #EEBF88 #88EEBF

tetradic

#BF88EE #EE8C88 #B7EE88 #88EAEE

square

#BF88EE #EE8C88 #B7EE88 #88EAEE

split-complementary

#BF88EE #EAEE88 #88EE8C

monochromatic

#851FDC #A252E6 #BF88EE #DCBEF6 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BF88EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BF88EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF88EE

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF88EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF88EE	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B998B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf88ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 136, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.153 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4abf4',
    500: '#bf88ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf88ee;
$custom-light: #d4abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf88ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.353,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71998,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF88EE

secondary

#E4F3D8

accent

#D70E6B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF88EE

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

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