#BC99BC#BC99BC

#BC99BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.063 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99BC
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 19.13, -13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 23.23, 325.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0528 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.063 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2063, 37.1056, 52.5586)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99BC #99BC99

analogous

#AB99BC #BC99BC #BC99AB

triadic

#BC99BC #BCBC99 #99BCBC

tetradic

#BC99BC #BCAB99 #99BC99 #99ABBC

square

#BC99BC #BCAB99 #99BC99 #99ABBC

split-complementary

#BC99BC #ABBC99 #99BCAB

monochromatic

#845784 #A474A4 #BC99BC #D4BED4 #EDE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BC99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BC99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99BC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99BC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.063 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7d0',
    500: '#bc99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99bc;
$custom-light: #d0b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72598,
    "c": 0.06347,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99BC

secondary

#D3DED3

accent

#9F4646

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99BC

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

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