#BF99CD#BF99CD

#BF99CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.084 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99CD
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(284, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 23.48, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 31.70, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0616 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.084 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8949, 38.2674, 62.8198)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99CD #A7CD99

analogous

#A599CD #BF99CD #CD99C1

triadic

#BF99CD #CDBF99 #99CDBF

tetradic

#BF99CD #CDA599 #A7CD99 #99C1CD

square

#BF99CD #CDA599 #A7CD99 #99C1CD

split-complementary

#BF99CD #C1CD99 #99CDA5

monochromatic

#884D9E #A570B9 #BF99CD #D9C2E1 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BF99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BF99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99CD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99CD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.084 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7dc',
    500: '#bf99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99cd;
$custom-light: #d2b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.846,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73517,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99CD

secondary

#DEE8DA

accent

#AD3858

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99CD

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

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