#BF9ADE#BF9ADE

#BF9ADE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.103 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9ADE
RGB	rgb(191, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(273, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(273, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 26.46, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 39.52, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0649 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.103 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2239, 39.4619, 74.2749)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9ADE #B9DE9A

analogous

#9D9ADE #BF9ADE #DE9ADB

triadic

#BF9ADE #DEBF9A #9ADEBF

tetradic

#BF9ADE #DE9D9A #B9DE9A #9ADBDE

square

#BF9ADE #DE9D9A #B9DE9A #9ADBDE

split-complementary

#BF9ADE #DBDE9A #9ADE9D

monochromatic

#843EBF #A26CCF #BF9ADE #DCC8ED #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BF9ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BF9ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9ADE

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9ADE	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.103 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8e8',
    500: '#bf9ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9ade;
$custom-light: #d3b8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.647,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74389,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9ADE

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE276C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9ADE

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

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