#BF99E9#BF99E9

#BF99E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.119 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF99E9
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 233)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 34.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 29.40, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 45.78, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0691 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.119 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5822, 39.7423, 82.2393)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF99E9 #C3E999

analogous

#999BE9 #BF99E9 #E799E9

triadic

#BF99E9 #E9BF99 #99E9BF

tetradic

#BF99E9 #E9999B #C3E999 #99E9E7

square

#BF99E9 #E9999B #C3E999 #99E9E7

split-complementary

#BF99E9 #E9E799 #9BE999

monochromatic

#8034D3 #9F67DE #BF99E9 #DFCBF4 #EFE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BF99E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BF99E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF99E9

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF99E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF99E9	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf99e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.119 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7f0',
    500: '#bf99e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf99e9;
$custom-light: #d3b7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf99e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF99E9

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CC1977

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF99E9

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

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