#BF9BDA#BF9BDA

#BF9BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.097 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BDA
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 25.05, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 36.85, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0624 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.097 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8599, 39.5815, 71.5401)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BDA #B6DA9B

analogous

#9F9BDA #BF9BDA #DA9BD5

triadic

#BF9BDA #DABF9B #9BDABF

tetradic

#BF9BDA #DA9F9B #B6DA9B #9BD5DA

square

#BF9BDA #DA9F9B #B6DA9B #9BD5DA

split-complementary

#BF9BDA #D5DA9B #9BDA9F

monochromatic

#8644B7 #A26EC9 #BF9BDA #DCC8EB #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BF9BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BF9BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BDA

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BDA	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.097 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8e5',
    500: '#bf9bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bda;
$custom-light: #d3b8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74404,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BDA

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#B92C69

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BDA

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

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