#BF9CDA#BF9CDA

#BF9CDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.095 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CDA
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 218)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 24.50, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 36.20, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0609 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.095 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0270, 39.9157, 71.5958)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CDA #B7DA9C

analogous

#A09CDA #BF9CDA #DA9CD6

triadic

#BF9CDA #DABF9C #9CDABF

tetradic

#BF9CDA #DAA09C #B7DA9C #9CD6DA

square

#BF9CDA #DAA09C #B7DA9C #9CD6DA

split-complementary

#BF9CDA #D6DA9C #9CDAA0

monochromatic

#8544B7 #A26FC9 #BF9CDA #DCC9EB #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BF9CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BF9CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CDA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CDA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.095 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9e5',
    500: '#bf9cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cda;
$custom-light: #d3b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.871,
    "s": 45.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74587,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CDA

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#B92D6A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CDA

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

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