#BF9DDE#BF9DDE

#BF9DDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.098 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9DDE
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 222)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 29.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 24.79, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 37.59, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0606 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.098 308)
XYZ	xyz(46.7252, 40.4646, 74.4420)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9DDE #BCDE9D

analogous

#9F9DDE #BF9DDE #DE9DDC

triadic

#BF9DDE #DEBF9D #9DDEBF

tetradic

#BF9DDE #DE9F9D #BCDE9D #9DDCDE

square

#BF9DDE #DE9F9D #BCDE9D #9DDCDE

split-complementary

#BF9DDE #DCDE9D #9DDE9F

monochromatic

#8341BF #A16FCF #BF9DDE #DDCBED #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BF9DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BF9DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9DDE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9DDE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.098 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bae8',
    500: '#bf9dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9dde;
$custom-light: #d3bae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.385,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.40464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9DDE

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD296F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9DDE

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

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