#BF99DD#BF99DD

#BF99DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.104 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99DD
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 26.80, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 39.66, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0661 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.104 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9259, 39.0798, 73.5163)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99DD #B7DD99

analogous

#9D99DD #BF99DD #DD99D9

triadic

#BF99DD #DDBF99 #99DDBF

tetradic

#BF99DD #DD9D99 #B7DD99 #99D9DD

square

#BF99DD #DD9D99 #B7DD99 #99D9DD

split-complementary

#BF99DD #D9DD99 #99DD9D

monochromatic

#853FBD #A26BCE #BF99DD #DCC7EC #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BF99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BF99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99DD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99DD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.104 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7e7',
    500: '#bf99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99dd;
$custom-light: #d3b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74166,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99DD

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BD286A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99DD

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

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