#BF9EDE#BF9EDE

#BF9EDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.097 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9EDE
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(271, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 24.24, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 36.95, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0591 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.097 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8951, 40.8043, 74.4986)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9EDE #BDDE9E

analogous

#9F9EDE #BF9EDE #DE9EDD

triadic

#BF9EDE #DEBF9E #9EDEBF

tetradic

#BF9EDE #DE9F9E #BDDE9E #9EDDDE

square

#BF9EDE #DE9F9E #BDDE9E #9EDDDE

split-complementary

#BF9EDE #DDDE9E #9EDE9F

monochromatic

#8343BF #A170CE #BF9EDE #DDCCEE #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BF9EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BF9EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9EDE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9EDE	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.097 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bbe8',
    500: '#bf9ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9ede;
$custom-light: #d3bbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.938,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75119,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9EDE

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD2970

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9EDE

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

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