#BF9CD5#BF9CD5

#BF9CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.089 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CD5
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 23.45, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 33.69, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0595 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.089 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3826, 39.6579, 68.2019)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CD5 #B2D59C

analogous

#A29CD5 #BF9CD5 #D59CCF

triadic

#BF9CD5 #D5BF9C #9CD5BF

tetradic

#BF9CD5 #D5A29C #B2D59C #9CCFD5

square

#BF9CD5 #D5A29C #B2D59C #9CCFD5

split-complementary

#BF9CD5 #CFD59C #9CD5A2

monochromatic

#8749AD #A371C3 #BF9CD5 #DBC7E7 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BF9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CD5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CD5	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.089 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9e2',
    500: '#bf9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cd5;
$custom-light: #d3b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.842,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74385,
    "c": 0.08881,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CD5

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B33264

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CD5

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

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