#BF9FE5#BF9FE5

#BF9FE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.104 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9FE5
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 229)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 30.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 25.20, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 39.91, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0595 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.104 305)
XYZ	xyz(48.0241, 41.5300, 79.5996)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9FE5 #C5E59F

analogous

#9FA2E5 #BF9FE5 #E29FE5

triadic

#BF9FE5 #E5BF9F #9FE5BF

tetradic

#BF9FE5 #E59FA2 #C5E59F #9FE5E2

square

#BF9FE5 #E59FA2 #C5E59F #9FE5E2

split-complementary

#BF9FE5 #E5E29F #A2E59F

monochromatic

#7F3FCB #9F6FD8 #BF9FE5 #DFCFF2 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BF9FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BF9FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9FE5

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9FE5	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.104 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bbed',
    500: '#bf9fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9fe5;
$custom-light: #d3bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75596,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.4153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9FE5

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C5217A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9FE5

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

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