#BF9FD2#BF9FD2

#BF9FD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.080 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9FD2
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 210)
HSL	hsl(278, 36%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 24%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 24.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 21.17, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 30.23, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0542 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.08 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5149, 40.5263, 66.3849)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9FD2 #B2D29F

analogous

#A69FD2 #BF9FD2 #D29FCC

triadic

#BF9FD2 #D2BF9F #9FD2BF

tetradic

#BF9FD2 #D2A69F #B2D29F #9FCCD2

square

#BF9FD2 #D2A69F #B2D29F #9FCCD2

split-complementary

#BF9FD2 #CCD29F #9FD2A6

monochromatic

#874FA8 #A375BE #BF9FD2 #DBC9E6 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BF9FD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BF9FD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9FD2

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9FD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9FD2	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9fd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.080 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbe0',
    500: '#bf9fd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9fd2;
$custom-light: #d2bbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9fd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 36.17,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74824,
    "c": 0.07984,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9FD2

secondary

#E4ECDF

accent

#AF3663

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9FD2

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

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