#BF8BDA#BF8BDA

#BF8BDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.125 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BDA
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 33.91, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 47.16, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0858 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.125 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3713, 34.6044, 70.7106)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BDA #A6DA8B

analogous

#988BDA #BF8BDA #DA8BCD

triadic

#BF8BDA #DABF8B #8BDABF

tetradic

#BF8BDA #DA988B #A6DA8B #8BCDDA

square

#BF8BDA #DA988B #A6DA8B #8BCDDA

split-complementary

#BF8BDA #CDDA8B #8BDA98

monochromatic

#8839B2 #A55DCB #BF8BDA #D9B9E9 #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BF8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BF8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BDA

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BDA	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD96A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.125 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ade5',
    500: '#bf8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bda;
$custom-light: #d3ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.494,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71563,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BDA

secondary

#DDEBD5

accent

#BF265B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BDA

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

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