#BF53CC

sRGB: 191 / 83 / 204

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Gentle breezes flicker through endless evenings
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#BF53CC belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 83 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 293.6° lands in the magenta region. Its 54.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 56.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.32:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 83, 204
HSL: 293.55°, 54.26%, 56.27%
HSV / HSB: 293.55°, 59.31%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 6.37%, 59.31%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 35.476, 21.624, 59.434
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 53.626, 59.893, -43.396
WCAG relative luminance: 0.21623
24-bit decimal: 12538828

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BF53CC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.32:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.94:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#60CC53 sits half a turn (180°) from #BF53CC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BF53CC #60CC53

Analogous

#8253CC and #CC539D sit 30° to either side of #BF53CC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#8253CC #BF53CC #CC539D

Triadic

#BF53CC, #CCBF53 and #53CCBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BF53CC #CCBF53 #53CCBF

Split complementary

Start at #BF53CC and look across the wheel. #9DCC53 and #53CC83 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BF53CC #9DCC53 #53CC83

Square

Starting with #BF53CC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CC8353, #60CC53, then #539DCC. Across the square, #BF53CC pairs with #60CC53, and #CC8353 with #539DCC.

#BF53CC #CC8353 #60CC53 #539DCC

Tetradic

#BF53CC and #60CC53 are opposites, as are #CC5360 and #53CCBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BF53CC #CC5360 #60CC53 #53CCBF

Tints

Mixing #BF53CC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC75D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2DDF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BF53CC #CC75D6 #D998E0 #E5BAEB #F2DDF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BF53CC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9942A3, keeps 80% of the original. By #261129, the mixture is 80% black.

#BF53CC #9942A3 #73327A #4C2152 #261129 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BF53CC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B25CBD, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D778F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BF53CC #B25CBD #A665AE #996E9E #8D778F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BF53CC

RGB

rgb(191 83 204)

HSL

hsl(293.554 54.260% 56.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BF53CC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BF53CC uses 191 red, 83 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 32.5%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BF53CC is 6.4% cyan, 59.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.4%

Magenta 59.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB55CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B5C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BF53CC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC66CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB55CC Nearest web-safe: #CC66CC

Gradient to complement

#BF53CC #AF67B8 #9F7BA4 #909090 #80A47B #70B867 #60CC53

Color vision previews

Compare how #BF53CC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#3D78D0

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#6485C9

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C26588

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#806FCD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8777CA

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BC5DB7

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#808080

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A36CAC

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.52100 G 0.08650 B 0.60383

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.69709 G 0.35074 B 0.77662

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.44386 G 0.10092 B 0.56496

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.304 y 0.186 Y 21.624

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.098 M % 67.451 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111111 01010011 11001100