#BF8DDA#BF8DDA

#BF8DDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.121 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8DDA
RGB	rgb(191, 141, 218)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 32.80, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 45.88, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0829 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.121 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6635, 35.1888, 70.8080)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8DDA #A8DA8D

analogous

#988DDA #BF8DDA #DA8DCE

triadic

#BF8DDA #DABF8D #8DDABF

tetradic

#BF8DDA #DA988D #A8DA8D #8DCEDA

square

#BF8DDA #DA988D #A8DA8D #8DCEDA

split-complementary

#BF8DDA #CEDA8D #8DDA98

monochromatic

#883AB3 #A55FCB #BF8DDA #D9BBE9 #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BF8DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BF8DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8DDA

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8DDA	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD97AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 141, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.121 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3afe5',
    500: '#bf8dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8dda;
$custom-light: #d3afe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.961,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71908,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8DDA

secondary

#DEECD7

accent

#BE275C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8DDA

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

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