#BF8BDF#BF8BDF

#BF8BDF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.130 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BDF
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 34.97, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 49.64, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.087 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.13 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0355, 34.8700, 74.2085)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BDF #ABDF8B

analogous

#958BDF #BF8BDF #DF8BD5

triadic

#BF8BDF #DFBF8B #8BDFBF

tetradic

#BF8BDF #DF958B #ABDF8B #8BD5DF

square

#BF8BDF #DF958B #ABDF8B #8BD5DF

split-complementary

#BF8BDF #D5DF8B #8BDF95

monochromatic

#8834BC #A55BD2 #BF8BDF #D9BBEC #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BF8BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BF8BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BDF

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BDF	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC97AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.130 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ade9',
    500: '#bf8bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bdf;
$custom-light: #d3ade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71788,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BDF

secondary

#E0EED8

accent

#C4215F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BDF

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

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