#BF96E6#BF96E6

#BF96E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.120 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF96E6
RGB	rgb(191, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(271, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 30.40, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 46.16, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0727 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.12 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6724, 38.6026, 79.8399)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF96E6 #BDE696

analogous

#9796E6 #BF96E6 #E696E5

triadic

#BF96E6 #E6BF96 #96E6BF

tetradic

#BF96E6 #E69796 #BDE696 #96E5E6

square

#BF96E6 #E69796 #BDE696 #96E5E6

split-complementary

#BF96E6 #E5E696 #96E697

monochromatic

#8333CE #A165DA #BF96E6 #DDC7F2 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BF96E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BF96E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF96E6

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF96E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF96E6	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf96e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.120 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b5ee',
    500: '#bf96e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf96e6;
$custom-light: #d3b5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf96e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF96E6

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C91C71

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF96E6

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

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