#BF8CEE#BF8CEE

#BF8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.147 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8CEE
RGB	rgb(191, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 37.69, -42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 56.54, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0885 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.147 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2935, 36.0060, 85.3834)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8CEE #BBEE8C

analogous

#8E8CEE #BF8CEE #EE8CEC

triadic

#BF8CEE #EEBF8C #8CEEBF

tetradic

#BF8CEE #EE8E8C #BBEE8C #8CECEE

square

#BF8CEE #EE8E8C #BBEE8C #8CECEE

split-complementary

#BF8CEE #ECEE8C #8CEE8E

monochromatic

#8421DE #A157E6 #BF8CEE #DDC1F6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BF8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BF8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8CEE

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8CEE	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89BB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.147 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aef4',
    500: '#bf8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8cee;
$custom-light: #d4aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.224,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72665,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8CEE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D60F6F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8CEE

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

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