#BF9ADD#BF9ADD

#BF9ADD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9ADD
RGB	rgb(191, 154, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(273, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 26.24, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 39.01, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0647 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.102 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0903, 39.4085, 73.5711)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9ADD #B8DD9A

analogous

#9D9ADD #BF9ADD #DD9ADA

triadic

#BF9ADD #DDBF9A #9ADDBF

tetradic

#BF9ADD #DD9D9A #B8DD9A #9ADADD

square

#BF9ADD #DD9D9A #B8DD9A #9ADADD

split-complementary

#BF9ADD #DADD9A #9ADD9D

monochromatic

#8540BD #A26CCE #BF9ADD #DCC8EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BF9ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BF9ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9ADD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9ADD	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 154, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8e7',
    500: '#bf9add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9add;
$custom-light: #d3b8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.134,
    "s": 49.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74347,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9ADD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD296B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9ADD

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

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