#BD99CF#BD99CF

#BD99CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.086 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99CF
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 207)
HSL	hsl(280, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 23.23, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 32.41, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0599 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.086 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6382, 38.1069, 64.0759)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99CF #ABCF99

analogous

#A299CF #BD99CF #CF99C6

triadic

#BD99CF #CFBD99 #99CFBD

tetradic

#BD99CF #CFA299 #ABCF99 #99C6CF

square

#BD99CF #CFA299 #ABCF99 #99C6CF

split-complementary

#BD99CF #C6CF99 #99CFA2

monochromatic

#854CA2 #A26FBB #BD99CF #D8C3E3 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BD99CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BD99CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99CF

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99CF	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.086 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7dd',
    500: '#bd99cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99cf;
$custom-light: #d1b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73406,
    "c": 0.08586,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99CF

secondary

#DFE9DB

accent

#AF375F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99CF

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

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