purplecoolCC0 survey name

Light Purple #BF77F6

Light Purple is a light, vivid cool color (#BF77F6; HSL 274° 88% 72%). Name from the public-domain xkcd color survey (CC0), where it was contributed as “light purple”.

Use cases: Creative accents · Royal themes

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Families: Purples · Lilac Colors · Violet Colors

Color values

FormatValue
HEX#BF77F6
RGBrgb(191, 119, 246)
HSLhsl(274, 88%, 72%)
HSVhsv(274, 52%, 96%)
OKLCHoklch(69.74% 0.19 308.4)
OKLaboklab(69.74% 0.1179 -0.1485)
CMYKcmyk(22.4%, 51.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
XYZxyz(44.714, 30.9245, 90.7844)
CIE-LABlab(62.4, 50.8, -53.0)
CIE-LCHlch(62.4, 73.4, 313.8°)
Luminance0.309 (WCAG relative)
/* Light Purple */ --light-purple: #bf77f6; color: #bf77f6; background-color: #bf77f6;

Source: xkcd color survey name (public domain, CC0). CSS keyword: lightpurple.

Shade scale

Perceptual 50–950 scale, interpolated in CIE-LAB. Step 500 is the base color. Edit in the shade generator →

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Shades (toward black)

#aa6bda #965fc0 #8253a5 #6f478c #5c3c73 #4a315b #382645 #271c2f #18121b #000000

Tints (toward white)

#c785f7 #ce93f8 #d5a0fa #dcaefb #e2bbfc #e8c9fc #eed6fd #f4e4fe #faf1ff #ffffff

Tones (toward gray)

#bc7bec #b97fe3 #b582d9 #b186d0 #ae89c6 #aa8cbd #a58fb3 #a192aa #9c94a0 #979797

Color harmonies

Complementary

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#BF77F6
#AEF677
#bf77f6 #aef677

Analogous

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#8077F6
#BF77F6
#F677ED
#8077f6 #bf77f6 #f677ed

Triadic

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#BF77F6
#F6BF77
#77F6BF
#bf77f6 #f6bf77 #77f6bf

Tetradic

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#BF77F6
#F68077
#AEF677
#77EDF6
#bf77f6 #f68077 #aef677 #77edf6

Square

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#BF77F6
#F68077
#AEF677
#77EDF6
#bf77f6 #f68077 #aef677 #77edf6

Split Complementary

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#BF77F6
#EDF677
#77F680
#bf77f6 #edf677 #77f680

Monochromatic

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#880FE4
#A43EF2
#BF77F6
#DAB0FA
#F1E2FD
#880fe4 #a43ef2 #bf77f6 #dab0fa #f1e2fd

Accessibility & contrast

2.92
#BF77F6 on #FFFFFF
AA text ✗AA large ✗AAA text ✗UI 3:1 ✗
7.18
#BF77F6 on #000000
AA text ✓AA large ✓AAA text ✓UI 3:1 ✓

Best text on light purple

7.18
#000000 text

WCAG 2.1: AA needs ≥4.5:1 for normal text, ≥3:1 for large text and UI components; AAA needs ≥7:1 / ≥4.5:1. Open the contrast checker →

Color blindness preview

Simulation using the Machado et al. (2009) physiological model, severity 1.0. This is an approximation of perception — not a medical assessment.

Normal vision
Protanopia (red-blind)
#5294FA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6998F3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B78DAC

Closest named colors

Nearest matches by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance (ΔE₀₀) across the full color database.

ColorNameΔE₀₀
Easter Purple #C071FE1.76
Light Urple #B36FF63.02
Bright Lavender #C760FF4.72
Bright Lilac #C95EFB5.05
Liliac #C48EFD5.54
Heliotrope #D94FF57.69

Colors that go with light purple

Top matches by hue harmony, contrast and saturation compatibility.

Indigo #4B0082
4.4:1
Same hue family as light purple (Δh 1°) — guaranteed harmony
Deep Blue #040273
5.7:1
Analogous hue (Δh ≈33°) — neighbors on the color wheel
Turquoise Green #04F489
2.0:1
Triadic harmony (Δh ≈121°) — balanced three-way contrast
Beige #F5F5DC
2.6:1
Split-complementary angle (Δh ≈146°) — strong but softer than direct complement
Key Lime #AEFF6E
2.4:1
Complementary hue (Δh ≈180°) — maximum hue contrast

Values computed from the sRGB color model. CMYK is the naive sRGB conversion without an ICC profile. RGB percentages may differ between color-managed applications.