#BF9CD9#BF9CD9

#BF9CD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.094 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CD9
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(274, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 24.29, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 35.70, 312.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0606 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.094 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8965, 39.8635, 70.9088)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CD9 #B6D99C

analogous

#A09CD9 #BF9CD9 #D99CD5

triadic

#BF9CD9 #D9BF9C #9CD9BF

tetradic

#BF9CD9 #D9A09C #B6D99C #9CD5D9

square

#BF9CD9 #D9A09C #B6D99C #9CD5D9

split-complementary

#BF9CD9 #D5D99C #9CD9A0

monochromatic

#8646B5 #A270C8 #BF9CD9 #DCC8EA #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BF9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BF9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CD9

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CD9	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.094 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9e5',
    500: '#bf9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cd9;
$custom-light: #d3b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.426,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CD9

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B82E69

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CD9

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

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