#BC99D2#BC99D2

#BC99D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.089 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99D2
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 210)
HSL	hsl(277, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 23.53, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 33.79, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0597 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.089 312)
XYZ	xyz(43.7612, 38.1275, 66.0143)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99D2 #AFD299

analogous

#9F99D2 #BC99D2 #D299CB

triadic

#BC99D2 #D2BC99 #99D2BC

tetradic

#BC99D2 #D29F99 #AFD299 #99CBD2

square

#BC99D2 #D29F99 #AFD299 #99CBD2

split-complementary

#BC99D2 #CBD299 #99D29F

monochromatic

#834AA7 #A06FBF #BC99D2 #D8C3E5 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC99D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BC99D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99D2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99D2	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.089 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e0',
    500: '#bc99d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99d2;
$custom-light: #d0b7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.842,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.38127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99D2

secondary

#E2EBDC

accent

#B23464

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99D2

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

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