#BF8AED#BF8AED

#BF8AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.149 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8AED
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 38.56, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 57.29, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0911 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.149 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8574, 35.3682, 84.5153)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8AED #B8ED8A

analogous

#8D8AED #BF8AED #ED8AE9

triadic

#BF8AED #EDBF8A #8AEDBF

tetradic

#BF8AED #ED8D8A #B8ED8A #8AE9ED

square

#BF8AED #ED8D8A #B8ED8A #8AE9ED

split-complementary

#BF8AED #E9ED8A #8AED8D

monochromatic

#8522DB #A255E5 #BF8AED #DCBFF5 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BF8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8AED

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8AED	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749EF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B999B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.149 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4adf3',
    500: '#bf8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8aed;
$custom-light: #d4adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.121,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72281,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8AED

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D5106C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8AED

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

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