#BC99E1#BC99E1

#BC99E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.108 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99E1
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 225)
HSL	hsl(269, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 32%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 32%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 26.73, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 41.43, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0637 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.108 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7182, 38.9103, 76.3215)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99E1 #BEE199

analogous

#999AE1 #BC99E1 #E099E1

triadic

#BC99E1 #E1BC99 #99E1BC

tetradic

#BC99E1 #E1999A #BEE199 #99E1E0

square

#BC99E1 #E1999A #BEE199 #99E1E0

split-complementary

#BC99E1 #E1E099 #9AE199

monochromatic

#7E3AC5 #9D6AD3 #BC99E1 #DBC8EF #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC99E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BC99E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99E1

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99E1	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.108 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7ea',
    500: '#bc99e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99e1;
$custom-light: #d1b7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.167,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74058,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99E1

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C22375

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99E1

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

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