#BF8EDA#BF8EDA

#BF8EDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8EDA
RGB	rgb(191, 142, 218)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 34.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 32.25, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 45.24, 315.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0815 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.119 313)
XYZ	xyz(43.8117, 35.4851, 70.8574)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8EDA #A9DA8E

analogous

#998EDA #BF8EDA #DA8ECF

triadic

#BF8EDA #DABF8E #8EDABF

tetradic

#BF8EDA #DA998E #A9DA8E #8ECFDA

square

#BF8EDA #DA998E #A9DA8E #8ECFDA

split-complementary

#BF8EDA #CFDA8E #8EDA99

monochromatic

#883BB3 #A560CB #BF8EDA #D9BCE9 #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BF8EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BF8EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8EDA

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8EDA	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD98AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 142, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3afe5',
    500: '#bf8eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8eda;
$custom-light: #d3afe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.684,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72082,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.35484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8EDA

secondary

#DFECD8

accent

#BE275D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8EDA

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

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