#BF8BE4#BF8BE4

#BF8BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.136 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BE4
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 36.04, -37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 52.13, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.088 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.136 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7195, 35.1437, 77.8113)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BE4 #B0E48B

analogous

#938BE4 #BF8BE4 #E48BDD

triadic

#BF8BE4 #E4BF8B #8BE4BF

tetradic

#BF8BE4 #E4938B #B0E48B #8BDDE4

square

#BF8BE4 #E4938B #B0E48B #8BDDE4

split-complementary

#BF8BE4 #DDE48B #8BE493

monochromatic

#872EC6 #A459D8 #BF8BE4 #DABDF0 #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BF8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BE4

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BE4	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB98AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.136 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aded',
    500: '#bf8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8be4;
$custom-light: #d3aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.056,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BE4

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CA1C64

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BE4

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

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