#BF9BE8#BF9BE8

#BF9BE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BE8
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 232)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(268, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 33.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 28.07, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 44.00, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.066 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.114 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7698, 40.3455, 81.5991)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BE8 #C4E89B

analogous

#9B9DE8 #BF9BE8 #E59BE8

triadic

#BF9BE8 #E8BF9B #9BE8BF

tetradic

#BF9BE8 #E89B9D #C4E89B #9BE8E5

square

#BF9BE8 #E89B9D #C4E89B #9BE8E5

split-complementary

#BF9BE8 #E8E59B #9DE89B

monochromatic

#7F37D1 #9F69DD #BF9BE8 #DFCDF3 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BF9BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BF9BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BE8

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BE8	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8ef',
    500: '#bf9be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9be8;
$custom-light: #d3b8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.052,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BE8

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CA1B78

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BE8

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

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