#BC99DC#BC99DC

#BC99DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.102 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99DC
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 25.65, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 38.86, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0624 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.102 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0461, 38.6415, 72.7817)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99DC #B9DC99

analogous

#9A99DC #BC99DC #DC99DA

triadic

#BC99DC #DCBC99 #99DCBC

tetradic

#BC99DC #DC9A99 #B9DC99 #99DADC

square

#BC99DC #DC9A99 #B9DC99 #99DADC

split-complementary

#BC99DC #DADC99 #99DC9A

monochromatic

#8040BB #9E6BCC #BC99DC #DAC7EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BC99DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BC99DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99DC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99DC	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.102 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7e7',
    500: '#bc99dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99dc;
$custom-light: #d1b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.343,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99DC

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BC296F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99DC

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

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