#BC99D4#BC99D4

#BC99D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99D4
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 212)
HSL	hsl(276, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 23.94, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 34.79, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0602 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.092 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0119, 38.2278, 67.3347)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99D4 #B1D499

analogous

#9F99D4 #BC99D4 #D499CF

triadic

#BC99D4 #D4BC99 #99D4BC

tetradic

#BC99D4 #D49F99 #B1D499 #99CFD4

square

#BC99D4 #D49F99 #B1D499 #99CFD4

split-complementary

#BC99D4 #CFD499 #99D49F

monochromatic

#8348AB #A06EC2 #BC99D4 #D8C4E6 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC99D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BC99D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99D4

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99D4	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e1',
    500: '#bc99d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99d4;
$custom-light: #d0b7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.593,
    "s": 40.69,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.09155,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99D4

secondary

#E3ECDD

accent

#B43267

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99D4

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

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