#BF8AE2#BF8AE2

#BF8AE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.136 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8AE2
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 36.16, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 51.77, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.089 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.136 311)
XYZ	xyz(44.2994, 34.7450, 76.3095)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8AE2 #ADE28A

analogous

#938AE2 #BF8AE2 #E28AD9

triadic

#BF8AE2 #E2BF8A #8AE2BF

tetradic

#BF8AE2 #E2938A #ADE28A #8AD9E2

square

#BF8AE2 #E2938A #ADE28A #8AD9E2

split-complementary

#BF8AE2 #D9E28A #8AE293

monochromatic

#8830C2 #A459D6 #BF8AE2 #DABBEE #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BF8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BF8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8AE2

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8AE2	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB97AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.136 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adeb',
    500: '#bf8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8ae2;
$custom-light: #d3adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.136,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.34744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8AE2

secondary

#E2EFD8

accent

#C81E61

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8AE2

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

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