#BC99CD#BC99CD

#BC99CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.083 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99CD
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 22.49, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 31.29, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0582 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.083 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1480, 37.8822, 62.7847)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99CD #AACD99

analogous

#A299CD #BC99CD #CD99C4

triadic

#BC99CD #CDBC99 #99CDBC

tetradic

#BC99CD #CDA299 #AACD99 #99C4CD

square

#BC99CD #CDA299 #AACD99 #99C4CD

split-complementary

#BC99CD #C4CD99 #99CDA2

monochromatic

#844D9E #A170B9 #BC99CD #D7C2E1 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BC99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99CD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99CD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.083 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7dc',
    500: '#bc99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99cd;
$custom-light: #d0b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73233,
    "c": 0.08296,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99CD

secondary

#DEE8DA

accent

#AD385F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99CD

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

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