#BC99B7#BC99B7

#BC99B7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.058 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99B7
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 183)
HSL	hsl(309, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(309, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 18.19, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 21.06, 329.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.051 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.058 331)
XYZ	xyz(40.6766, 36.8937, 49.7690)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99B7 #99BC9E

analogous

#B099BC #BC99B7 #BC99A6

triadic

#BC99B7 #B7BC99 #99B7BC

tetradic

#BC99B7 #BCB099 #99BC9E #99A6BC

square

#BC99B7 #BCB099 #99BC9E #99A6BC

split-complementary

#BC99B7 #A6BC99 #99BCB0

monochromatic

#84577D #A4749D #BC99B7 #D4BED1 #EDE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BC99B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BC99B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99B7

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99B7	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.058 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7cc',
    500: '#bc99b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99b7;
$custom-light: #d0b7cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.05837,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.36893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99B7

secondary

#D3DED4

accent

#9F5346

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99B7

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

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