#BF96E2#BF96E2

#BF96E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF96E2
RGB	rgb(191, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 29.53, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 44.12, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0718 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.115 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1171, 38.3805, 76.9154)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF96E2 #B9E296

analogous

#9996E2 #BF96E2 #E296DF

triadic

#BF96E2 #E2BF96 #96E2BF

tetradic

#BF96E2 #E29996 #B9E296 #96DFE2

square

#BF96E2 #E29996 #B9E296 #96DFE2

split-complementary

#BF96E2 #DFE296 #96E299

monochromatic

#8437C7 #A266D5 #BF96E2 #DCC6EF #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BF96E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BF96E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF96E2

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF96E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF96E2	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf96e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b5eb',
    500: '#bf96e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf96e2;
$custom-light: #d3b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf96e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.368,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73842,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF96E2

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C4216C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF96E2

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

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