#BF9CD3#BF9CD3

#BF9CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.086 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CD3
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(278, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 23.04, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 32.69, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0589 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.086 313)
XYZ	xyz(45.1303, 39.5570, 66.8732)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CD3 #B0D39C

analogous

#A49CD3 #BF9CD3 #D39CCC

triadic

#BF9CD3 #D3BF9C #9CD3BF

tetradic

#BF9CD3 #D3A49C #B0D39C #9CCCD3

square

#BF9CD3 #D3A49C #B0D39C #9CCCD3

split-complementary

#BF9CD3 #CCD39C #9CD3A4

monochromatic

#874BA9 #A472C0 #BF9CD3 #DAC6E6 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BF9CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BF9CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CD3

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CD3	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.086 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9e0',
    500: '#bf9cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cd3;
$custom-light: #d2b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74306,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.39556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CD3

secondary

#E4ECDF

accent

#B13462

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CD3

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

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