#BF8BE7#BF8BE7

#BF8BE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.140 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BE7
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 231)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 36.69, -39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 53.64, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0886 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.14 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1396, 35.3117, 80.0237)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BE7 #B3E78B

analogous

#918BE7 #BF8BE7 #E78BE1

triadic

#BF8BE7 #E7BF8B #8BE7BF

tetradic

#BF8BE7 #E7918B #B3E78B #8BE1E7

square

#BF8BE7 #E7918B #B3E78B #8BE1E7

split-complementary

#BF8BE7 #E1E78B #8BE791

monochromatic

#862ACD #A358DD #BF8BE7 #DBBEF1 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF8BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BF8BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BE7

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BE7	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA99AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.140 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4adef',
    500: '#bf8be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8be7;
$custom-light: #d4adef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7216,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BE7

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CE1867

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BE7

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

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