#BF8BE8#BF8BE8

#BF8BE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.141 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BE8
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 40.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 36.91, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 54.14, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0888 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.141 309)
XYZ	xyz(45.2812, 35.3683, 80.7696)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BE8 #B4E88B

analogous

#908BE8 #BF8BE8 #E88BE3

triadic

#BF8BE8 #E8BF8B #8BE8BF

tetradic

#BF8BE8 #E8908B #B4E88B #8BE3E8

square

#BF8BE8 #E8908B #B4E88B #8BE3E8

split-complementary

#BF8BE8 #E3E88B #8BE890

monochromatic

#8629CF #A358DE #BF8BE8 #DBBEF2 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF8BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BF8BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BE8

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BE8	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA99AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.141 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4adef',
    500: '#bf8be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8be8;
$custom-light: #d4adef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.548,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72208,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.35368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BE8

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CF1768

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BE8

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

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