#BF8BEB#BF8BEB

#BF8BEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.145 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BEB
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 37.57, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 55.65, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0893 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.145 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7110, 35.5402, 83.0330)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BEB #B7EB8B

analogous

#8F8BEB #BF8BEB #EB8BE7

triadic

#BF8BEB #EBBF8B #8BEBBF

tetradic

#BF8BEB #EB8F8B #B7EB8B #8BE7EB

square

#BF8BEB #EB8F8B #B7EB8B #8BE7EB

split-complementary

#BF8BEB #E7EB8B #8BEB8F

monochromatic

#8525D7 #A257E2 #BF8BEB #DCBFF4 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BF8BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BF8BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BEB

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BEB	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769FEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.145 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4adf2',
    500: '#bf8beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8beb;
$custom-light: #d4adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72351,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BEB

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D3136B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BEB

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

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