#BF8BE0#BF8BE0

#BF8BE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.132 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BE0
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 35.18, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 50.14, 314.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0872 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.132 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1707, 34.9241, 74.9207)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BE0 #ACE08B

analogous

#948BE0 #BF8BE0 #E08BD6

triadic

#BF8BE0 #E0BF8B #8BE0BF

tetradic

#BF8BE0 #E0948B #ACE08B #8BD6E0

square

#BF8BE0 #E0948B #ACE08B #8BD6E0

split-complementary

#BF8BE0 #D6E08B #8BE094

monochromatic

#8833BE #A45BD3 #BF8BE0 #DABBED #F2E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BF8BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BF8BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BE0

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BE0	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9DE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC97AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.132 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adea',
    500: '#bf8be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8be0;
$custom-light: #d3adea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 57.823,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71834,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BE0

secondary

#E1EFD8

accent

#C52060

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BE0

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

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