PURPLE

Bright Lilac

#CF9FFF

Conversions

HEX#CF9FFF

RGBrgb(207, 159, 255)

HSLhsl(270, 100%, 81%)

HSVhsv(270, 38%, 100%)

CMYKcmyk(19%, 38%, 0%, 0%)

Copy CSS

color: #cf9fff;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(207, 159, 255);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(270, 100%, 81%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 2.09 : 1

On ink blackPass · 9.16 : 1

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Pairings

About Bright Lilac

Bright Lilac is the hex color #CF9FFF, which translates to rgb(207, 159, 255) in RGB and hsl(270, 100%, 81%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 270 degrees, with a saturation of 100 percent and a lightness of 81 percent. That puts Bright Lilac at the pale end of the purple range, light enough to work as a page or card background with dark text on top.

How Bright Lilac compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is plum (#DDA0DD), a CIE76 distance of 19.3 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is purple-300 (#DAB2FF), at a distance of 12.2. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Lilac at 11.9. Sorted by lightness, Bright Lilac is number 30 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Bright Lilac

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Bright Lilac, led by Ink black at 9.16:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Bright Lilac already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Bright Lilac. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	2.09:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	9.16:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	2.32:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	4.94:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	1.69:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Bright Lilac

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Bright Lilac for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Bright Lilac

Format	Value
HEX	#CF9FFF
RGB	rgb(207, 159, 255)
HSL	hsl(270, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(270, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 38%, 0%, 0%)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.1413 306.38)
CIELAB	lab(73.08 35.65 -41.06)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.