#BF8BE3#BF8BE3

#BF8BE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.135 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BE3
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 35.82, -37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 51.63, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0878 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.135 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5811, 35.0883, 77.0823)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BE3 #AFE38B

analogous

#938BE3 #BF8BE3 #E38BDB

triadic

#BF8BE3 #E3BF8B #8BE3BF

tetradic

#BF8BE3 #E3938B #AFE38B #8BDBE3

square

#BF8BE3 #E3938B #AFE38B #8BDBE3

split-complementary

#BF8BE3 #DBE38B #8BE393

monochromatic

#872FC4 #A45AD7 #BF8BE3 #DABCEF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF8BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BF8BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BE3

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BE3	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB98AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.135 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adec',
    500: '#bf8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8be3;
$custom-light: #d3adec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71973,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BE3

secondary

#E3F0DA

accent

#C91D63

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BE3

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

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