#BC99DE#BC99DE

#BC99DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99DE
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 222)
HSL	hsl(270, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 26.08, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 39.89, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.063 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.104 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3126, 38.7481, 74.1851)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99DE #BBDE99

analogous

#9999DE #BC99DE #DE99DD

triadic

#BC99DE #DEBC99 #99DEBC

tetradic

#BC99DE #DE9999 #BBDE99 #99DDDE

square

#BC99DE #DE9999 #BBDE99 #99DDDE

split-complementary

#BC99DE #DDDE99 #99DE99

monochromatic

#7F3EBF #9E6BCF #BC99DE #DAC7ED #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC99DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BC99DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99DE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99DE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7e8',
    500: '#bc99de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99de;
$custom-light: #d1b7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.435,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73929,
    "c": 0.10412,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99DE

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE2772

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99DE

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

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