#BF9CD7#BF9CD7

#BF9CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.091 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CD7
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(276, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 23.87, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 34.69, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0601 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.091 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6380, 39.7601, 69.5470)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CD7 #B4D79C

analogous

#A19CD7 #BF9CD7 #D79CD2

triadic

#BF9CD7 #D7BF9C #9CD7BF

tetradic

#BF9CD7 #D7A19C #B4D79C #9CD2D7

square

#BF9CD7 #D7A19C #B4D79C #9CD2D7

split-complementary

#BF9CD7 #D2D79C #9CD7A1

monochromatic

#8648B1 #A370C5 #BF9CD7 #DBC8E9 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BF9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CD7

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CD7	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.091 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9e3',
    500: '#bf9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cd7;
$custom-light: #d3b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.593,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74466,
    "c": 0.09128,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CD7

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B63066

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CD7

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

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