#BC99EE#BC99EE

#BC99EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.125 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99EE
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 29.63, -37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 48.16, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0668 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.125 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5596, 39.6469, 86.0194)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99EE #CBEE99

analogous

#99A1EE #BC99EE #E799EE

triadic

#BC99EE #EEBC99 #99EEBC

tetradic

#BC99EE #EE99A1 #CBEE99 #99EEE7

square

#BC99EE #EE99A1 #CBEE99 #99EEE7

split-complementary

#BC99EE #EEE799 #A1EE99

monochromatic

#7730DD #9A65E5 #BC99EE #DECDF7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BC99EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BC99EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99EE

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99EE	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.125 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7f4',
    500: '#bc99ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99ee;
$custom-light: #d1b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74637,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99EE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D31284

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99EE

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

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