#BC99C8#BC99C8

#BC99C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.077 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99C8
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 21.48, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 28.84, 318.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0567 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.077 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5541, 37.6447, 59.6568)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99C8 #A5C899

analogous

#A599C8 #BC99C8 #C899BD

triadic

#BC99C8 #C8BC99 #99C8BC

tetradic

#BC99C8 #C8A599 #A5C899 #99BDC8

square

#BC99C8 #C8A599 #A5C899 #99BDC8

split-complementary

#BC99C8 #BDC899 #99C8A5

monochromatic

#845196 #A271B3 #BC99C8 #D6C1DD #F0E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC99C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BC99C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99C8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99C8	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.077 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7d8',
    500: '#bc99c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99c8;
$custom-light: #d0b7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.681,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99C8

secondary

#DBE5D8

accent

#A93D58

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99C8

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

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