#BC99CE#BC99CE

#BC99CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.084 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99CE
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 22.70, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 31.79, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0585 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.084 314)
XYZ	xyz(43.2691, 37.9307, 63.4225)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99CE #ABCE99

analogous

#A199CE #BC99CE #CE99C5

triadic

#BC99CE #CEBC99 #99CEBC

tetradic

#BC99CE #CEA199 #ABCE99 #99C5CE

square

#BC99CE #CEA199 #ABCE99 #99C5CE

split-complementary

#BC99CE #C5CE99 #99CEA1

monochromatic

#844DA0 #A170BA #BC99CE #D7C2E2 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC99CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BC99CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99CE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99CE	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.084 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7dd',
    500: '#bc99ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99ce;
$custom-light: #d0b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.623,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.08417,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.3793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99CE

secondary

#DFE9DA

accent

#AE3860

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99CE

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

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