#BF8DEB#BF8DEB

#BF8DEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.142 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8DEB
RGB	rgb(191, 141, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 36.47, -40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 54.39, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0865 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.142 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0032, 36.1247, 83.1304)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8DEB #B9EB8D

analogous

#908DEB #BF8DEB #EB8DE8

triadic

#BF8DEB #EBBF8D #8DEBBF

tetradic

#BF8DEB #EB908D #B9EB8D #8DE8EB

square

#BF8DEB #EB908D #B9EB8D #8DE8EB

split-complementary

#BF8DEB #E8EB8D #8DEB90

monochromatic

#8426D8 #A259E2 #BF8DEB #DCC1F4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF8DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BF8DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8DEB

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8DEB	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 141, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.142 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aff2',
    500: '#bf8deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8deb;
$custom-light: #d4aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72689,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8DEB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D2136D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8DEB

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

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