#BF99BF#BF99BF

#BF99BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.069 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99BF
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 20.73, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 25.15, 325.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0572 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.069 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2800, 37.6214, 54.3145)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99BF #99BF99

analogous

#AC99BF #BF99BF #BF99AC

triadic

#BF99BF #BFBF99 #99BFBF

tetradic

#BF99BF #BFAC99 #99BF99 #99ACBF

square

#BF99BF #BFAC99 #99BF99 #99ACBF

split-complementary

#BF99BF #ACBF99 #99BFAC

monochromatic

#885588 #A773A7 #BF99BF #D7BFD7 #EEE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BF99BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BF99BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99BF

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99BF	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.069 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7d2',
    500: '#bf99bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99bf;
$custom-light: #d2b7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72993,
    "c": 0.06877,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99BF

secondary

#D4E0D4

accent

#A14444

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99BF

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

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