#BF9BE3#BF9BE3

#BF9BE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BE3
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 227)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(270, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 26.98, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 41.43, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0648 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.108 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0697, 40.0654, 77.9119)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BE3 #BFE39B

analogous

#9B9BE3 #BF9BE3 #E39BE3

triadic

#BF9BE3 #E3BF9B #9BE3BF

tetradic

#BF9BE3 #E39B9B #BFE39B #9BE3E3

square

#BF9BE3 #E39B9B #BFE39B #9BE3E3

split-complementary

#BF9BE3 #E3E39B #9BE39B

monochromatic

#823BC8 #A06BD6 #BF9BE3 #DECBF0 #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BF9BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BF9BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BE3

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BE3	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8ec',
    500: '#bf9be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9be3;
$custom-light: #d3b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74783,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BE3

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C42273

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BE3

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

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