#BF8ADE#BF8ADE

#BF8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.131 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8ADE
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 35.30, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 49.78, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0882 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.131 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7569, 34.5280, 73.4526)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8ADE #A9DE8A

analogous

#958ADE #BF8ADE #DE8AD3

triadic

#BF8ADE #DEBF8A #8ADEBF

tetradic

#BF8ADE #DE958A #A9DE8A #8AD3DE

square

#BF8ADE #DE958A #A9DE8A #8AD3DE

split-complementary

#BF8ADE #D3DE8A #8ADE95

monochromatic

#8834B9 #A55AD1 #BF8ADE #D9BAEB #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BF8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8ADE

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8ADE	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC96AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.131 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ade8',
    500: '#bf8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8ade;
$custom-light: #d3ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71572,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8ADE

secondary

#DFEDD6

accent

#C4225E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8ADE

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

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