#BF9BDB#BF9BDB

#BF9BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.098 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BDB
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(274, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 25.26, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 37.36, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0627 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.098 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9911, 39.6340, 72.2314)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BDB #B7DB9B

analogous

#9F9BDB #BF9BDB #DB9BD7

triadic

#BF9BDB #DBBF9B #9BDBBF

tetradic

#BF9BDB #DB9F9B #B7DB9B #9BD7DB

square

#BF9BDB #DB9F9B #B7DB9B #9BD7DB

split-complementary

#BF9BDB #D7DB9B #9BDB9F

monochromatic

#8543B9 #A26ECB #BF9BDB #DCC8EB #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF9BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BF9BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BDB

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BDB	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.098 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8e6',
    500: '#bf9bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bdb;
$custom-light: #d3b8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74446,
    "c": 0.098,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BDB

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BA2B6A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BDB

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

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