#BF99DB#BF99DB

#BF99DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.101 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99DB
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(275, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 26.37, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 38.65, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0656 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.101 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6610, 38.9738, 72.1214)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99DB #B5DB99

analogous

#9E99DB #BF99DB #DB99D6

triadic

#BF99DB #DBBF99 #99DBBF

tetradic

#BF99DB #DB9E99 #B5DB99 #99D6DB

square

#BF99DB #DB9E99 #B5DB99 #99D6DB

split-complementary

#BF99DB #D6DB99 #99DB9E

monochromatic

#8641B8 #A36CCB #BF99DB #DBC6EB #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BF99DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BF99DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99DB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99DB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.101 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7e6',
    500: '#bf99db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99db;
$custom-light: #d3b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74082,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99DB

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BB2A68

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99DB

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

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