#BF9BE4#BF9BE4

#BF9BE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.109 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BE4
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(270, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 27.20, -31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 41.95, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.065 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.109 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2081, 40.1208, 78.6408)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BE4 #C0E49B

analogous

#9B9CE4 #BF9BE4 #E39BE4

triadic

#BF9BE4 #E4BF9B #9BE4BF

tetradic

#BF9BE4 #E49B9C #C0E49B #9BE4E3

square

#BF9BE4 #E49B9C #C0E49B #9BE4E3

split-complementary

#BF9BE4 #E4E39B #9CE49B

monochromatic

#813BCA #A06BD7 #BF9BE4 #DECBF1 #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BF9BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BF9BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BE4

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BE4	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.109 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8ec',
    500: '#bf9be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9be4;
$custom-light: #d3b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.589,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74826,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BE4

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C52074

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BE4

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

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