#BF9BE6#BF9BE6

#BF9BE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BE6
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 27.63, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 42.97, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0655 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.112 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4873, 40.2325, 80.1115)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BE6 #C2E69B

analogous

#9B9CE6 #BF9BE6 #E49BE6

triadic

#BF9BE6 #E6BF9B #9BE6BF

tetradic

#BF9BE6 #E69B9C #C2E69B #9BE6E4

square

#BF9BE6 #E69B9C #C2E69B #9BE6E4

split-complementary

#BF9BE6 #E6E49B #9CE69B

monochromatic

#8039CE #A06ADA #BF9BE6 #DECCF2 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BF9BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BF9BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BE6

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BE6	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8ee',
    500: '#bf9be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9be6;
$custom-light: #d3b8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74912,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BE6

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C81E76

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BE6

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

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