#BC99EA#BC99EA

#BC99EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99EA
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 234)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 28.73, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 46.08, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0659 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.119 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9785, 39.4144, 82.9588)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99EA #C7EA99

analogous

#999EEA #BC99EA #E499EA

triadic

#BC99EA #EABC99 #99EABC

tetradic

#BC99EA #EA999E #C7EA99 #99EAE4

square

#BC99EA #EA999E #C7EA99 #99EAE4

split-complementary

#BC99EA #EAE499 #9EEA99

monochromatic

#7933D5 #9B66E0 #BC99EA #DDCCF4 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC99EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BC99EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99EA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99EA	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7f1',
    500: '#bc99ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99ea;
$custom-light: #d1b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.926,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74455,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99EA

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CE187F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99EA

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

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