#BC99DD#BC99DD

#BC99DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.103 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99DD
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 25.86, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 39.37, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0627 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.103 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1790, 38.6946, 73.4813)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99DD #BADD99

analogous

#9A99DD #BC99DD #DD99DC

triadic

#BC99DD #DDBC99 #99DDBC

tetradic

#BC99DD #DD9A99 #BADD99 #99DCDD

square

#BC99DD #DD9A99 #BADD99 #99DCDD

split-complementary

#BC99DD #DCDD99 #99DD9A

monochromatic

#803FBD #9E6BCE #BC99DD #DAC7EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BC99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99DD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99DD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.103 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7e7',
    500: '#bc99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99dd;
$custom-light: #d1b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.882,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73886,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99DD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD2871

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99DD

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

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