#BC99DB#BC99DB

#BC99DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.100 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99DB
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 25.43, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 38.35, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0622 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.1 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9141, 38.5887, 72.0863)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99DB #B8DB99

analogous

#9B99DB #BC99DB #DB99D9

triadic

#BC99DB #DBBC99 #99DBBC

tetradic

#BC99DB #DB9B99 #B8DB99 #99D9DB

square

#BC99DB #DB9B99 #B8DB99 #99D9DB

split-complementary

#BC99DB #D9DB99 #99DB9B

monochromatic

#8041B8 #9E6CCB #BC99DB #DAC6EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BC99DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BC99DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99DB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99DB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.100 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7e6',
    500: '#bc99db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99db;
$custom-light: #d1b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.818,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99DB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A6E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99DB

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

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