#BC99BF#BC99BF

#BC99BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.067 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99BF
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(295, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(295, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 19.71, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 24.58, 323.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0538 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.067 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5331, 37.2363, 54.2795)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99BF #9CBF99

analogous

#A999BF #BC99BF #BF99AF

triadic

#BC99BF #BFBC99 #99BFBC

tetradic

#BC99BF #BFA999 #9CBF99 #99AFBF

square

#BC99BF #BFA999 #9CBF99 #99AFBF

split-complementary

#BC99BF #AFBF99 #99BFA9

monochromatic

#845588 #A373A7 #BC99BF #D5BFD7 #EDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BC99BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BC99BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99BF

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99BF	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.067 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7d2',
    500: '#bc99bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99bf;
$custom-light: #d0b7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.263,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72705,
    "c": 0.0667,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99BF

secondary

#D5E0D4

accent

#A1444C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99BF

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

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