#BC99E7#BC99E7

#BC99E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99E7
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 231)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 33.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 28.06, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 44.53, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0652 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.116 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5512, 39.2435, 80.7082)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99E7 #C4E799

analogous

#999DE7 #BC99E7 #E399E7

triadic

#BC99E7 #E7BC99 #99E7BC

tetradic

#BC99E7 #E7999D #C4E799 #99E7E3

square

#BC99E7 #E7999D #C4E799 #99E7E3

split-complementary

#BC99E7 #E7E399 #9DE799

monochromatic

#7B36D0 #9B67DB #BC99E7 #DDCBF3 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BC99E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BC99E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99E7

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99E7	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7ef',
    500: '#bc99e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99e7;
$custom-light: #d1b7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74321,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99E7

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CA1C7C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99E7

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

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