#BF8CD9#BF8CD9

#BF8CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CD9
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 33.15, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 46.03, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0842 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.122 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3863, 34.8431, 70.0720)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CD9 #A6D98C

analogous

#988CD9 #BF8CD9 #D98CCD

triadic

#BF8CD9 #D9BF8C #8CD9BF

tetradic

#BF8CD9 #D9988C #A6D98C #8CCDD9

square

#BF8CD9 #D9988C #A6D98C #8CCDD9

split-complementary

#BF8CD9 #CDD98C #8CD998

monochromatic

#883AB0 #A55ECA #BF8CD9 #D9BAE8 #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BF8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BF8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CD9

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CD9	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD96A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aee5',
    500: '#bf8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8cd9;
$custom-light: #d3aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.74,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71691,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CD9

secondary

#DDEBD6

accent

#BE285A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141015

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CD9

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

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