#BF99D7#BF99D7

#BF99D7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99D7
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 215)
HSL	hsl(277, 44%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 25.53, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 36.63, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0645 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.097 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1408, 38.7657, 69.3813)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99D7 #B1D799

analogous

#A099D7 #BF99D7 #D799D0

triadic

#BF99D7 #D7BF99 #99D7BF

tetradic

#BF99D7 #D7A099 #B1D799 #99D0D7

square

#BF99D7 #D7A099 #B1D799 #99D0D7

split-complementary

#BF99D7 #D0D799 #99D7A0

monochromatic

#8745B0 #A36DC6 #BF99D7 #DBC5E8 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BF99D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BF99D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99D7

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99D7	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7e3',
    500: '#bf99d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99d7;
$custom-light: #d3b7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73916,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99D7

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B72F63

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99D7

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

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