#BF8CDC#BF8CDC

#BF8CDC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.125 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CDC
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 33.78, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 47.51, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0848 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.125 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7800, 35.0006, 72.1458)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CDC #A9DC8C

analogous

#978CDC #BF8CDC #DC8CD1

triadic

#BF8CDC #DCBF8C #8CDCBF

tetradic

#BF8CDC #DC978C #A9DC8C #8CD1DC

square

#BF8CDC #DC978C #A9DC8C #8CD1DC

split-complementary

#BF8CDC #D1DC8C #8CDC97

monochromatic

#8837B6 #A55DCE #BF8CDC #D9BBEA #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BF8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BF8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CDC

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CDC	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD97AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.125 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aee7',
    500: '#bf8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8cdc;
$custom-light: #d3aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71824,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CDC

secondary

#DFEDD7

accent

#C1255D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CDC

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

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