#BF8CE6#BF8CE6

#BF8CE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.137 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CE6
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 39.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 35.92, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 52.50, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.087 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.137 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1442, 35.5463, 79.3305)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CE6 #B3E68C

analogous

#928CE6 #BF8CE6 #E68CE0

triadic

#BF8CE6 #E6BF8C #8CE6BF

tetradic

#BF8CE6 #E6928C #B3E68C #8CE0E6

square

#BF8CE6 #E6928C #B3E68C #8CE0E6

split-complementary

#BF8CE6 #E0E68C #8CE692

monochromatic

#862CCB #A35ADB #BF8CE6 #DBBEF1 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BF8CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BF8CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CE6

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CE6	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)

#7A9FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA99AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.137 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aeee',
    500: '#bf8ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8ce6;
$custom-light: #d3aeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72283,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CE6

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CC1967

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CE6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →