#BF8EDE#BF8EDE

#BF8EDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.124 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8EDE
RGB	rgb(191, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 33.10, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 47.23, 314.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0824 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.124 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3414, 35.6970, 73.6474)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8EDE #ADDE8E

analogous

#978EDE #BF8EDE #DE8ED5

triadic

#BF8EDE #DEBF8E #8EDEBF

tetradic

#BF8EDE #DE978E #ADDE8E #8ED5DE

square

#BF8EDE #DE978E #ADDE8E #8ED5DE

split-complementary

#BF8EDE #D5DE8E #8EDE97

monochromatic

#8837BB #A45FD0 #BF8EDE #DABDEC #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BF8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BF8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8EDE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8EDE	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC99AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.124 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3afe8',
    500: '#bf8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8ede;
$custom-light: #d3afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7226,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8EDE

secondary

#E2EEDA

accent

#C22361

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8EDE

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

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