#BF8BF6#BF8BF6

#BF8BF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.158 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8BF6
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 246)
HSL	hsl(269, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 43.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 40.03, -46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 61.22, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0912 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.158 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3496, 36.1957, 91.6629)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8BF6 #C2F68B

analogous

#8B8CF6 #BF8BF6 #F58BF6

triadic

#BF8BF6 #F6BF8B #8BF6BF

tetradic

#BF8BF6 #F68B8C #C2F68B #8BF6F5

square

#BF8BF6 #F68B8C #C2F68B #8BF6F5

split-complementary

#BF8BF6 #F6F58B #8CF68B

monochromatic

#8019ED #A052F2 #BF8BF6 #DEC4FA #EFE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF8BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BF8BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8BF6

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8BF6	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70A1FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA2F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.158 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aef9',
    500: '#bf8bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8bf6;
$custom-light: #d4aef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.159,
    "s": 85.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72893,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8BF6

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E20376

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8BF6

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

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