#BF9FDB#BF9FDB

#BF9FDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.091 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9FDB
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 219)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 27.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 23.04, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 34.78, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0568 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.091 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6679, 40.9875, 72.4570)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9FDB #BBDB9F

analogous

#A19FDB #BF9FDB #DB9FD9

triadic

#BF9FDB #DBBF9F #9FDBBF

tetradic

#BF9FDB #DBA19F #BBDB9F #9FD9DB

square

#BF9FDB #DBA19F #BBDB9F #9FD9DB

split-complementary

#BF9FDB #D9DB9F #9FDBA1

monochromatic

#8446BA #A172CA #BF9FDB #DDCCEC #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BF9FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BF9FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9FDB

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9FDB	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.091 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bbe6',
    500: '#bf9fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9fdb;
$custom-light: #d3bbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75181,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9FDB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#B92D6E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9FDB

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

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