#BF8BE5#BF8BE5

#BF8BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.138 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BE5
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 36.26, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 52.64, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0882 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.138 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8588, 35.1994, 78.5445)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BE5 #B1E58B

analogous

#928BE5 #BF8BE5 #E58BDE

triadic

#BF8BE5 #E5BF8B #8BE5BF

tetradic

#BF8BE5 #E5928B #B1E58B #8BDEE5

square

#BF8BE5 #E5928B #B1E58B #8BDEE5

split-complementary

#BF8BE5 #DEE58B #8BE592

monochromatic

#872DC9 #A359DA #BF8BE5 #DBBDF0 #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BF8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BF8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BE5

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BE5	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB98AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.138 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aded',
    500: '#bf8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8be5;
$custom-light: #d3aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72066,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BE5

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CB1A65

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BE5

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

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