#BF8AEB#BF8AEB

#BF8AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.146 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8AEB
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 38.12, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 56.28, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0908 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.146 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5669, 35.2520, 82.9850)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8AEB #B6EB8A

analogous

#8E8AEB #BF8AEB #EB8AE6

triadic

#BF8AEB #EBBF8A #8AEBBF

tetradic

#BF8AEB #EB8E8A #B6EB8A #8AE6EB

square

#BF8AEB #EB8E8A #B6EB8A #8AE6EB

split-complementary

#BF8AEB #E6EB8A #8AEB8E

monochromatic

#8625D6 #A256E2 #BF8AEB #DCBEF4 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BF8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BF8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8AEB

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8AEB	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B999AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.146 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4adf2',
    500: '#bf8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8aeb;
$custom-light: #d4adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.784,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72184,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8AEB

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D3136A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8AEB

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

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