#BF9CD8#BF9CD8

#BF9CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.093 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CD8
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(275, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 24.07, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 35.19, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0604 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.093 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7668, 39.8117, 70.2258)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CD8 #B5D89C

analogous

#A19CD8 #BF9CD8 #D89CD3

triadic

#BF9CD8 #D8BF9C #9CD8BF

tetradic

#BF9CD8 #D8A19C #B5D89C #9CD3D8

square

#BF9CD8 #D8A19C #B5D89C #9CD3D8

split-complementary

#BF9CD8 #D3D89C #9CD8A1

monochromatic

#8647B3 #A370C7 #BF9CD8 #DBC8E9 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BF9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BF9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CD8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CD8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.093 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9e4',
    500: '#bf9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cd8;
$custom-light: #d3b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74506,
    "c": 0.09252,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CD8

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B72F67

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CD8

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

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