#BF8CED#BF8CED

#BF8CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.146 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CED
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 37.47, -41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 56.03, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.0883 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.146 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1470, 35.9474, 84.6118)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CED #BAED8C

analogous

#8F8CED #BF8CED #ED8CEB

triadic

#BF8CED #EDBF8C #8CEDBF

tetradic

#BF8CED #ED8F8C #BAED8C #8CEBED

square

#BF8CED #ED8F8C #BAED8C #8CEBED

split-complementary

#BF8CED #EBED8C #8CED8F

monochromatic

#8422DC #A257E5 #BF8CED #DCC1F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BF8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BF8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CED

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CED	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.146 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aef3',
    500: '#bf8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8ced;
$custom-light: #d4aef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.546,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72616,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CED

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D5106E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CED

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

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