#BF9BE2#BF9BE2

#BF9BE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.107 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BE2
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 26.76, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 40.92, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0645 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.107 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9321, 40.0104, 77.1871)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BE2 #BEE29B

analogous

#9C9BE2 #BF9BE2 #E29BE1

triadic

#BF9BE2 #E2BF9B #9BE2BF

tetradic

#BF9BE2 #E29C9B #BEE29B #9BE1E2

square

#BF9BE2 #E29C9B #BEE29B #9BE1E2

split-complementary

#BF9BE2 #E1E29B #9BE29C

monochromatic

#823CC6 #A16CD4 #BF9BE2 #DDCAF0 #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BF9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BF9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BE2

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BE2	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.107 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8eb',
    500: '#bf9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9be2;
$custom-light: #d3b8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.423,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7474,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BE2

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C32372

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BE2

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

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