#BF9BE7#BF9BE7

#BF9BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.113 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BE7
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(268, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 27.85, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 43.49, 309.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.0658 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.113 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6282, 40.2888, 80.8532)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BE7 #C3E79B

analogous

#9B9DE7 #BF9BE7 #E59BE7

triadic

#BF9BE7 #E7BF9B #9BE7BF

tetradic

#BF9BE7 #E79B9D #C3E79B #9BE7E5

square

#BF9BE7 #E79B9D #C3E79B #9BE7E5

split-complementary

#BF9BE7 #E7E59B #9DE79B

monochromatic

#8038CF #9F6ADB #BF9BE7 #DFCCF3 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BF9BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BF9BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BE7

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BE7	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.113 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8ef',
    500: '#bf9be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9be7;
$custom-light: #d3b8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74956,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BE7

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C91D77

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BE7

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

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