#BF99C8#BF99C8

#BF99C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.079 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99C8
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(289, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 22.48, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 29.29, 320.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0601 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.079 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3010, 38.0298, 59.6918)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99C8 #A2C899

analogous

#A899C8 #BF99C8 #C899BA

triadic

#BF99C8 #C8BF99 #99C8BF

tetradic

#BF99C8 #C8A899 #A2C899 #99BAC8

square

#BF99C8 #C8A899 #A2C899 #99BAC8

split-complementary

#BF99C8 #BAC899 #99C8A8

monochromatic

#895196 #A671B3 #BF99C8 #D8C1DD #F1E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BF99C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BF99C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99C8

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99C8	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.079 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7d8',
    500: '#bf99c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99c8;
$custom-light: #d2b7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.511,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73325,
    "c": 0.07868,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99C8

secondary

#DAE5D8

accent

#A93D52

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99C8

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

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