#BF9CD2#BF9CD2

#BF9CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.085 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CD2
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(279, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(279, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 22.83, -22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 32.19, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0586 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.085 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0053, 39.5070, 66.2150)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CD2 #AFD29C

analogous

#A49CD2 #BF9CD2 #D29CCA

triadic

#BF9CD2 #D2BF9C #9CD2BF

tetradic

#BF9CD2 #D2A49C #AFD29C #9CCAD2

square

#BF9CD2 #D2A49C #AFD29C #9CCAD2

split-complementary

#BF9CD2 #CAD29C #9CD2A4

monochromatic

#874CA7 #A472BF #BF9CD2 #DAC6E5 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BF9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BF9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CD2

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CD2	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.085 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9e0',
    500: '#bf9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cd2;
$custom-light: #d2b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.889,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.08514,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CD2

secondary

#E3ECDE

accent

#B03560

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CD2

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

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