#BF8ADD#BF8ADD

#BF8ADD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8ADD
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 35.09, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 49.28, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.088 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.13 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6233, 34.4746, 72.7488)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8ADD #A8DD8A

analogous

#958ADD #BF8ADD #DD8AD2

triadic

#BF8ADD #DDBF8A #8ADDBF

tetradic

#BF8ADD #DD958A #A8DD8A #8AD2DD

square

#BF8ADD #DD958A #A8DD8A #8AD2DD

split-complementary

#BF8ADD #D2DD8A #8ADD95

monochromatic

#8835B7 #A55BCF #BF8ADD #D9B9EB #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF8ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BF8ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8ADD

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8ADD	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC95A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ade8',
    500: '#bf8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8add;
$custom-light: #d3ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.313,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8ADD

secondary

#DEEDD6

accent

#C2235D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8ADD

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

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