#BF8CE7#BF8CE7

#BF8CE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CE7
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 231)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 39.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 36.14, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 53.01, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0872 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.138 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2851, 35.6026, 80.0722)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CE7 #B4E78C

analogous

#918CE7 #BF8CE7 #E78CE2

triadic

#BF8CE7 #E7BF8C #8CE7BF

tetradic

#BF8CE7 #E7918C #B4E78C #8CE2E7

square

#BF8CE7 #E7918C #B4E78C #8CE2E7

split-complementary

#BF8CE7 #E2E78C #8CE791

monochromatic

#862BCE #A359DC #BF8CE7 #DBBFF2 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BF8CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BF8CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CE7

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CE7	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9AAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aeef',
    500: '#bf8ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8ce7;
$custom-light: #d3aeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7233,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CE7

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CD1868

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CE7

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

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