#BC99EC#BC99EC

#BC99EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.122 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99EC
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 236)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 35.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 29.18, -37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 47.12, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0664 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.122 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2674, 39.5300, 84.4805)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99EC #C9EC99

analogous

#99A0EC #BC99EC #E699EC

triadic

#BC99EC #ECBC99 #99ECBC

tetradic

#BC99EC #EC99A0 #C9EC99 #99ECE6

square

#BC99EC #EC99A0 #C9EC99 #99ECE6

split-complementary

#BC99EC #ECE699 #A0EC99

monochromatic

#7832D9 #9A65E2 #BC99EC #DECDF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC99EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BC99EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99EC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99EC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.122 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7f2',
    500: '#bc99ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99ec;
$custom-light: #d1b7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.301,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74546,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99EC

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D11581

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99EC

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

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