#BF8BDB#BF8BDB

#BF8BDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BDB
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 34.12, -33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 47.66, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0861 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.126 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5026, 34.6569, 71.4019)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BDB #A7DB8B

analogous

#978BDB #BF8BDB #DB8BCF

triadic

#BF8BDB #DBBF8B #8BDBBF

tetradic

#BF8BDB #DB978B #A7DB8B #8BCFDB

square

#BF8BDB #DB978B #A7DB8B #8BCFDB

split-complementary

#BF8BDB #CFDB8B #8BDB97

monochromatic

#8838B4 #A55CCD #BF8BDB #D9BAE9 #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BF8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BF8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BDB

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BDB	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD96A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ade6',
    500: '#bf8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bdb;
$custom-light: #d3ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71608,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BDB

secondary

#DEECD6

accent

#C0255C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BDB

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

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