#BF9CD6#BF9CD6

#BF9CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.090 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CD6
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(276, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 23.66, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 34.19, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0598 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.09 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5099, 39.7089, 68.8724)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CD6 #B3D69C

analogous

#A29CD6 #BF9CD6 #D69CD0

triadic

#BF9CD6 #D6BF9C #9CD6BF

tetradic

#BF9CD6 #D6A29C #B3D69C #9CD0D6

square

#BF9CD6 #D6A29C #B3D69C #9CD0D6

split-complementary

#BF9CD6 #D0D69C #9CD6A2

monochromatic

#8649AF #A371C4 #BF9CD6 #DBC7E8 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BF9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CD6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CD6	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.090 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9e2',
    500: '#bf9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cd6;
$custom-light: #d3b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.207,
    "s": 41.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74425,
    "c": 0.09005,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CD6

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B43165

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CD6

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

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