#BC99CC#BC99CC

#BC99CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.082 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99CC
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(281, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 22.29, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 30.80, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0579 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.082 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0277, 37.8341, 62.1511)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99CC #A9CC99

analogous

#A299CC #BC99CC #CC99C3

triadic

#BC99CC #CCBC99 #99CCBC

tetradic

#BC99CC #CCA299 #A9CC99 #99C3CC

square

#BC99CC #CCA299 #A9CC99 #99C3CC

split-complementary

#BC99CC #C3CC99 #99CCA2

monochromatic

#844E9C #A170B8 #BC99CC #D7C2E0 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC99CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BC99CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99CC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99CC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.082 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7db',
    500: '#bc99cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99cc;
$custom-light: #d0b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73194,
    "c": 0.08174,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99CC

secondary

#DEE8D9

accent

#AC395D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99CC

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

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