#BF8BDE#BF8BDE

#BF8BDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BDE
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 34.75, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 49.14, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0867 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.129 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9010, 34.8163, 73.5006)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BDE #AADE8B

analogous

#958BDE #BF8BDE #DE8BD4

triadic

#BF8BDE #DEBF8B #8BDEBF

tetradic

#BF8BDE #DE958B #AADE8B #8BD4DE

square

#BF8BDE #DE958B #AADE8B #8BD4DE

split-complementary

#BF8BDE #D4DE8B #8BDE95

monochromatic

#8835BA #A55BD0 #BF8BDE #D9BBEC #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BF8BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BF8BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BDE

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BDE	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)

#7C9DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC97AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ade8',
    500: '#bf8bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bde;
$custom-light: #d3ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.59,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71743,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BDE

secondary

#E0EED7

accent

#C3225E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BDE

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

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