#BF99E5#BF99E5

#BF99E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99E5
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 33.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 28.52, -33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 43.73, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0682 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.114 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0172, 39.5163, 79.2640)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99E5 #BFE599

analogous

#9999E5 #BF99E5 #E599E5

triadic

#BF99E5 #E5BF99 #99E5BF

tetradic

#BF99E5 #E59999 #BFE599 #99E5E5

square

#BF99E5 #E59999 #BFE599 #99E5E5

split-complementary

#BF99E5 #E5E599 #99E599

monochromatic

#8237CC #A068D9 #BF99E5 #DECAF1 #F0E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BF99E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BF99E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99E5

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99E5	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7ed',
    500: '#bf99e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99e5;
$custom-light: #d3b7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74509,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99E5

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C71E73

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99E5

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

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