#BF99DC#BF99DC

#BF99DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.103 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99DC
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(274, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 26.58, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 39.15, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0659 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.103 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7931, 39.0266, 72.8168)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99DC #B6DC99

analogous

#9D99DC #BF99DC #DC99D7

triadic

#BF99DC #DCBF99 #99DCBF

tetradic

#BF99DC #DC9D99 #B6DC99 #99D7DC

square

#BF99DC #DC9D99 #B6DC99 #99D7DC

split-complementary

#BF99DC #D7DC99 #99DC9D

monochromatic

#8640BB #A26BCC #BF99DC #DCC7EC #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BF99DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BF99DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99DC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99DC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.103 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7e7',
    500: '#bf99dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99dc;
$custom-light: #d3b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.03,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74123,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99DC

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BC2969

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99DC

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

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