#BC99EB#BC99EB

#BC99EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99EB
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 28.96, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 46.60, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0661 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.121 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1225, 39.4721, 83.7175)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99EB #C8EB99

analogous

#999FEB #BC99EB #E599EB

triadic

#BC99EB #EBBC99 #99EBBC

tetradic

#BC99EB #EB999F #C8EB99 #99EBE5

square

#BC99EB #EB999F #C8EB99 #99EBE5

split-complementary

#BC99EB #EBE599 #9FEB99

monochromatic

#7933D7 #9A66E1 #BC99EB #DECCF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC99EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BC99EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99EB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99EB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7f1',
    500: '#bc99eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99eb;
$custom-light: #d1b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.61,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74501,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99EB

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CF1680

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99EB

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

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