#BF99CE#BF99CE

#BF99CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.086 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99CE
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 23.68, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 32.18, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0619 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.086 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0160, 38.3158, 63.4575)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99CE #A8CE99

analogous

#A499CE #BF99CE #CE99C2

triadic

#BF99CE #CEBF99 #99CEBF

tetradic

#BF99CE #CEA499 #A8CE99 #99C2CE

square

#BF99CE #CEA499 #A8CE99 #99C2CE

split-complementary

#BF99CE #C2CE99 #99CEA4

monochromatic

#884DA0 #A570BA #BF99CE #D9C2E2 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BF99CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BF99CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99CE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99CE	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.086 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7dd',
    500: '#bf99ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99ce;
$custom-light: #d2b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.019,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73556,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99CE

secondary

#DEE9DA

accent

#AE3859

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99CE

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

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