#BF9CE2#BF9CE2

#BF9CE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.105 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CE2
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 226)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 31%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 26.21, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 40.28, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0631 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.105 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0992, 40.3446, 77.2428)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CE2 #BFE29C

analogous

#9C9CE2 #BF9CE2 #E29CE2

triadic

#BF9CE2 #E2BF9C #9CE2BF

tetradic

#BF9CE2 #E29C9C #BFE29C #9CE2E2

square

#BF9CE2 #E29C9C #BFE29C #9CE2E2

split-complementary

#BF9CE2 #E2E29C #9CE29C

monochromatic

#823DC6 #A06DD4 #BF9CE2 #DECBF0 #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BF9CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BF9CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CE2

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CE2	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.105 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9eb',
    500: '#bf9ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9ce2;
$custom-light: #d3b9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CE2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C22373

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CE2

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

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