#BF9CEE#BF9CEE

#BF9CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9CEE
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 28.85, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 46.47, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.066 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.12 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8037, 41.0264, 86.2201)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9CEE #CBEE9C

analogous

#9CA2EE #BF9CEE #E89CEE

triadic

#BF9CEE #EEBF9C #9CEEBF

tetradic

#BF9CEE #EE9CA2 #CBEE9C #9CEEE8

square

#BF9CEE #EE9CA2 #CBEE9C #9CEEE8

split-complementary

#BF9CEE #EEE89C #A2EE9C

monochromatic

#7B34DC #9D68E5 #BF9CEE #E1D0F7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BF9CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BF9CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9CEE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9CEE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9f4',
    500: '#bf9cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9cee;
$custom-light: #d3b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.61,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75446,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9CEE

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D31381

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9CEE

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

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