#BF8BE9#BF8BE9

#BF8BE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.142 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BE9
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 37.13, -40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 54.64, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.089 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.142 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4237, 35.4253, 81.5198)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BE9 #B5E98B

analogous

#908BE9 #BF8BE9 #E98BE4

triadic

#BF8BE9 #E9BF8B #8BE9BF

tetradic

#BF8BE9 #E9908B #B5E98B #8BE4E9

square

#BF8BE9 #E9908B #B5E98B #8BE4E9

split-complementary

#BF8BE9 #E4E98B #8BE990

monochromatic

#8628D2 #A358DF #BF8BE9 #DBBEF3 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BF8BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BF8BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BE9

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BE9	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA99AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.142 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4adf0',
    500: '#bf8be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8be9;
$custom-light: #d4adf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72255,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BE9

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D01569

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BE9

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

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