#BC99CB#BC99CB

#BC99CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.081 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99CB
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 22.09, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 30.31, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0576 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.081 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9081, 37.7863, 61.5214)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99CB #A8CB99

analogous

#A399CB #BC99CB #CB99C1

triadic

#BC99CB #CBBC99 #99CBBC

tetradic

#BC99CB #CBA399 #A8CB99 #99C1CB

square

#BC99CB #CBA399 #A8CB99 #99C1CB

split-complementary

#BC99CB #C1CB99 #99CBA3

monochromatic

#844F9B #A170B6 #BC99CB #D7C2E0 #F1EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC99CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BC99CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99CB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99CB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.081 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7db',
    500: '#bc99cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99cb;
$custom-light: #d0b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73155,
    "c": 0.08054,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99CB

secondary

#DDE7D9

accent

#AB3A5C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99CB

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

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