#BF9BE9#BF9BE9

#BF9BE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BE9
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 233)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(268, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 28.29, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 44.52, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0663 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.116 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9122, 40.4024, 82.3493)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BE9 #C5E99B

analogous

#9B9EE9 #BF9BE9 #E69BE9

triadic

#BF9BE9 #E9BF9B #9BE9BF

tetradic

#BF9BE9 #E99B9E #C5E99B #9BE9E6

square

#BF9BE9 #E99B9E #C5E99B #9BE9E6

split-complementary

#BF9BE9 #E9E69B #9EE99B

monochromatic

#7F37D3 #9F69DE #BF9BE9 #DFCDF4 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BF9BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BF9BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BE9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BE9	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8f0',
    500: '#bf9be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9be9;
$custom-light: #d3b8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75044,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BE9

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CC1A7A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BE9

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

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