#BF9EDD#BF9EDD

#BF9EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.095 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9EDD
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 24.02, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 36.44, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.0588 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.095 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7615, 40.7509, 73.7949)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9EDD #BCDD9E

analogous

#A09EDD #BF9EDD #DD9EDC

triadic

#BF9EDD #DDBF9E #9EDDBF

tetradic

#BF9EDD #DDA09E #BCDD9E #9EDCDD

square

#BF9EDD #DDA09E #BCDD9E #9EDCDD

split-complementary

#BF9EDD #DCDD9E #9EDDA0

monochromatic

#8343BD #A171CD #BF9EDD #DDCBED #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BF9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BF9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9EDD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9EDD	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.095 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bbe7',
    500: '#bf9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9edd;
$custom-light: #d3bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75078,
    "c": 0.09534,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9EDD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A6F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9EDD

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

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