#BF92CC

sRGB: 191 / 146 / 204

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Shimmering rivers tremble in empty gardens
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#BF92CC belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 146 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 286.6° lands in the magenta region. Its 36.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 68.6% 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 (8.20:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 146, 204
HSL: 286.55°, 36.25%, 68.63%
HSV / HSB: 286.55°, 28.43%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 6.37%, 28.43%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 42.662, 35.994, 61.829
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 66.516, 27.159, -23.338
WCAG relative luminance: 0.35994
24-bit decimal: 12554956

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 #BF92CC 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: 8.20:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.56:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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

#9FCC92 sits half a turn (180°) from #BF92CC 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.

#BF92CC #9FCC92

Analogous

#A292CC and #CC92BC sit 30° to either side of #BF92CC. 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.

#A292CC #BF92CC #CC92BC

Triadic

#BF92CC, #CCBF92 and #92CCBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BF92CC #CCBF92 #92CCBF

Split complementary

Start at #BF92CC and look across the wheel. #BCCC92 and #92CCA2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BF92CC #BCCC92 #92CCA2

Square

Starting with #BF92CC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCA292, #9FCC92, then #92BCCC. Across the square, #BF92CC pairs with #9FCC92, and #CCA292 with #92BCCC.

#BF92CC #CCA292 #9FCC92 #92BCCC

Tetradic

#BF92CC and #9FCC92 are opposites, as are #CC929F and #92CCBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BF92CC #CC929F #9FCC92 #92CCBF

Tints

Mixing #BF92CC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCA8D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2E9F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BF92CC #CCA8D6 #D9BEE0 #E5D3EB #F2E9F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BF92CC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9975A3, keeps 80% of the original. By #261D29, the mixture is 80% black.

#BF92CC #9975A3 #73587A #4C3A52 #261D29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BF92CC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B28EBD, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D848F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BF92CC #B28EBD #A68BAE #99879E #8D848F #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

#BF92CC

RGB

rgb(191 146 204)

HSL

hsl(286.552 36.250% 68.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BF92CC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BF92CC uses 191 red, 146 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 57.3%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BF92CC is 6.4% cyan, 28.4% 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 28.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB99CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B9C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BF92CC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB99CC Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#BF92CC #BA9CC2 #B4A5B9 #AFAFAF #AAB9A5 #A4C29C #9FCC92

Color vision previews

Compare how #BF92CC 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.

#8B9FCE

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.

#95A3CA

Tritanopia

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

#C098A7

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.

#A09BCD

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.

#A39ECB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BD95C0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A2A2A2

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.

#B19AB8

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 0.28744 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 0.72171 G 0.57955 B 0.78548

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.47953 G 0.29519 B 0.57951

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 0.256 Y 35.994

CMY

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

C % 25.098 M % 42.745 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

10111111 10010010 11001100