#BF8BE6#BF8BE6

#BF8BE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BE6
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 36.47, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 53.14, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0884 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.139 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9988, 35.2554, 79.2820)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BE6 #B2E68B

analogous

#928BE6 #BF8BE6 #E68BDF

triadic

#BF8BE6 #E6BF8B #8BE6BF

tetradic

#BF8BE6 #E6928B #B2E68B #8BDFE6

square

#BF8BE6 #E6928B #B2E68B #8BDFE6

split-complementary

#BF8BE6 #DFE68B #8BE692

monochromatic

#872CCB #A359DB #BF8BE6 #DBBDF1 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BF8BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BF8BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BE6

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BE6	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA99AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4adee',
    500: '#bf8be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8be6;
$custom-light: #d4adee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 64.539,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72113,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BE6

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CC1966

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BE6

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

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