#BF9BE0#BF9BE0

#BF9BE0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.104 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BE0
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 224)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 26.33, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 39.90, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.064 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.104 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6592, 39.9012, 75.7502)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BE0 #BCE09B

analogous

#9D9BE0 #BF9BE0 #E09BDF

triadic

#BF9BE0 #E0BF9B #9BE0BF

tetradic

#BF9BE0 #E09D9B #BCE09B #9BDFE0

square

#BF9BE0 #E09D9B #BCE09B #9BDFE0

split-complementary

#BF9BE0 #DFE09B #9BE09D

monochromatic

#833EC3 #A16CD2 #BF9BE0 #DDCAEE #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BF9BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BF9BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BE0

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BE0	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.104 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8ea',
    500: '#bf9be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9be0;
$custom-light: #d3b8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 52.672,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74655,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BE0

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C0256F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BE0

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

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