#BF9BDF#BF9BDF

#BF9BDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.103 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BDF
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 223)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 26.11, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 39.39, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0637 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.103 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5240, 39.8472, 75.0381)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BDF #BBDF9B

analogous

#9D9BDF #BF9BDF #DF9BDD

triadic

#BF9BDF #DFBF9B #9BDFBF

tetradic

#BF9BDF #DF9D9B #BBDF9B #9BDDDF

square

#BF9BDF #DF9D9B #BBDF9B #9BDDDF

split-complementary

#BF9BDF #DDDF9B #9BDF9D

monochromatic

#843EC1 #A16DD0 #BF9BDF #DDC9EE #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BF9BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BF9BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BDF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BDF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.103 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8e9',
    500: '#bf9bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bdf;
$custom-light: #d3b8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74612,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BDF

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BF276E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BDF

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

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