#BC99E2#BC99E2

#BC99E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.109 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99E2
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 226)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 32.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 26.95, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 41.94, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.064 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.109 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8551, 38.9651, 77.0421)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99E2 #BFE299

analogous

#999BE2 #BC99E2 #E199E2

triadic

#BC99E2 #E2BC99 #99E2BC

tetradic

#BC99E2 #E2999B #BFE299 #99E2E1

square

#BC99E2 #E2999B #BFE299 #99E2E1

split-complementary

#BC99E2 #E2E199 #9BE299

monochromatic

#7D3AC7 #9D69D4 #BC99E2 #DBC9F0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC99E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BC99E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99E2

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99E2	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.109 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7eb',
    500: '#bc99e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99e2;
$custom-light: #d1b7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.767,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74101,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99E2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C32276

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99E2

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

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