#BF99D8#BF99D8

#BF99D8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99D8
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 216)
HSL	hsl(276, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 29.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 25.74, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 37.14, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0648 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.098 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2696, 38.8173, 70.0601)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99D8 #B2D899

analogous

#9F99D8 #BF99D8 #D899D2

triadic

#BF99D8 #D8BF99 #99D8BF

tetradic

#BF99D8 #D89F99 #B2D899 #99D2D8

square

#BF99D8 #D89F99 #B2D899 #99D2D8

split-complementary

#BF99D8 #D2D899 #99D89F

monochromatic

#8744B2 #A36DC7 #BF99D8 #DBC5E9 #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BF99D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BF99D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99D8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99D8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7e4',
    500: '#bf99d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99d8;
$custom-light: #d3b7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.19,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73957,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99D8

secondary

#E4EDDE

accent

#B82E64

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99D8

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

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