#BF8EE5#BF8EE5

#BF8EE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.133 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8EE5
RGB	rgb(191, 142, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 38%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 34.61, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 50.73, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0839 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.133 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2991, 36.0801, 78.6913)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8EE5 #B4E58E

analogous

#938EE5 #BF8EE5 #E58EE0

triadic

#BF8EE5 #E5BF8E #8EE5BF

tetradic

#BF8EE5 #E5938E #B4E58E #8EE0E5

square

#BF8EE5 #E5938E #B4E58E #8EE0E5

split-complementary

#BF8EE5 #E0E58E #8EE593

monochromatic

#862FCA #A35CDA #BF8EE5 #DBC0F0 #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BF8EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BF8EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8EE5

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8EE5	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#7DA0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 142, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.133 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3afed',
    500: '#bf8ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8ee5;
$custom-light: #d3afed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.793,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8EE5

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CA1B68

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8EE5

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

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