#BF8BEE#BF8BEE

#BF8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.148 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BEE
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 38.24, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 57.17, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0899 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.148 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1481, 35.7151, 85.3349)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BEE #BAEE8B

analogous

#8E8BEE #BF8BEE #EE8BEC

triadic

#BF8BEE #EEBF8B #8BEEBF

tetradic

#BF8BEE #EE8E8B #BAEE8B #8BECEE

square

#BF8BEE #EE8E8B #BAEE8B #8BECEE

split-complementary

#BF8BEE #ECEE8B #8BEE8E

monochromatic

#8421DE #A256E6 #BF8BEE #DCC0F6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BF8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BF8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BEE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BEE	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.148 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aef4',
    500: '#bf8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bee;
$custom-light: #d4aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.515,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72497,
    "c": 0.14844,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BEE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D70F6E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BEE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →