#BF9CDC#BF9CDC

#BF9CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.098 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CDC
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(273, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 24.92, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 37.22, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0615 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.098 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2903, 40.0210, 72.9825)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CDC #B9DC9C

analogous

#9F9CDC #BF9CDC #DC9CD9

triadic

#BF9CDC #DCBF9C #9CDCBF

tetradic

#BF9CDC #DC9F9C #B9DC9C #9CD9DC

square

#BF9CDC #DC9F9C #B9DC9C #9CD9DC

split-complementary

#BF9CDC #D9DC9C #9CDC9F

monochromatic

#8442BB #A26FCC #BF9CDC #DCC9EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BF9CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BF9CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CDC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CDC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.098 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9e7',
    500: '#bf9cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cdc;
$custom-light: #d3b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.813,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7467,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CDC

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A6C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CDC

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

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