#BF8AE3#BF8AE3

#BF8AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8AE3
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 36.37, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 52.27, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0892 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.137 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4370, 34.8000, 77.0343)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8AE3 #AEE38A

analogous

#938AE3 #BF8AE3 #E38ADB

triadic

#BF8AE3 #E3BF8A #8AE3BF

tetradic

#BF8AE3 #E3938A #AEE38A #8ADBE3

square

#BF8AE3 #E3938A #AEE38A #8ADBE3

split-complementary

#BF8AE3 #DBE38A #8AE393

monochromatic

#882FC4 #A459D7 #BF8AE3 #DABBEF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BF8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BF8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8AE3

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8AE3	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB97AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adec',
    500: '#bf8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8ae3;
$custom-light: #d3adec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.73,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71803,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8AE3

secondary

#E2F0D9

accent

#C91C62

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8AE3

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

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