#BF8EDD#BF8EDD

#BF8EDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.123 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8EDD
RGB	rgb(191, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 32.89, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 46.73, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0822 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.123 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2078, 35.6435, 72.9436)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8EDD #ACDD8E

analogous

#978EDD #BF8EDD #DD8ED3

triadic

#BF8EDD #DDBF8E #8EDDBF

tetradic

#BF8EDD #DD978E #ACDD8E #8ED3DD

square

#BF8EDD #DD978E #ACDD8E #8ED3DD

split-complementary

#BF8EDD #D3DD8E #8EDD97

monochromatic

#8838B9 #A45FCF #BF8EDD #DABDEB #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BF8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BF8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8EDD

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8EDD	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC99AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.123 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3afe8',
    500: '#bf8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8edd;
$custom-light: #d3afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.215,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72215,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8EDD

secondary

#E1EED9

accent

#C12460

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8EDD

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

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