#BF8ADA#BF8ADA

#BF8ADA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8ADA
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 218)
HSL	hsl(280, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 36.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 34.46, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 47.80, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0873 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.126 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2272, 34.3161, 70.6626)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8ADA #A5DA8A

analogous

#978ADA #BF8ADA #DA8ACD

triadic

#BF8ADA #DABF8A #8ADABF

tetradic

#BF8ADA #DA978A #A5DA8A #8ACDDA

square

#BF8ADA #DA978A #A5DA8A #8ACDDA

split-complementary

#BF8ADA #CDDA8A #8ADA97

monochromatic

#8938B1 #A65CCB #BF8ADA #D8B8E9 #F2E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BF8ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BF8ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8ADA

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8ADA	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD95A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ade5',
    500: '#bf8ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8ada;
$custom-light: #d3ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.75,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71391,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8ADA

secondary

#DCEBD5

accent

#BF265A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8ADA

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

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