#BF9CD4#BF9CD4

#BF9CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.088 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CD4
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(278, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 23.24, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 33.19, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0592 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.088 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2560, 39.6073, 67.5355)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CD4 #B1D49C

analogous

#A39CD4 #BF9CD4 #D49CCD

triadic

#BF9CD4 #D4BF9C #9CD4BF

tetradic

#BF9CD4 #D4A39C #B1D49C #9CCDD4

square

#BF9CD4 #D4A39C #B1D49C #9CCDD4

split-complementary

#BF9CD4 #CDD49C #9CD4A3

monochromatic

#874AAB #A371C1 #BF9CD4 #DBC7E7 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF9CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BF9CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CD4

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CD4	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.088 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9e1',
    500: '#bf9cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cd4;
$custom-light: #d2b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74345,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CD4

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B23363

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CD4

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

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