#BF9BEC#BF9BEC

#BF9BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9BEC
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 28.96, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 46.06, 308.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.067 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.12 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3444, 40.5753, 84.6256)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9BEC #C8EC9B

analogous

#9BA0EC #BF9BEC #E89BEC

triadic

#BF9BEC #ECBF9B #9BECBF

tetradic

#BF9BEC #EC9BA0 #C8EC9B #9BECE8

square

#BF9BEC #EC9BA0 #C8EC9B #9BECE8

split-complementary

#BF9BEC #ECE89B #A0EC9B

monochromatic

#7D34D8 #9E68E2 #BF9BEC #E0CEF6 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BF9BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BF9BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9BEC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9BEC	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b8f2',
    500: '#bf9bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9bec;
$custom-light: #d3b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75177,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9BEC

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D0167D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9BEC

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

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