#BC99EF#BC99EF

#BC99EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.126 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99EF
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(264, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 29.86, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 48.68, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.067 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.126 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7069, 39.7058, 86.7953)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99EF #CCEF99

analogous

#99A1EF #BC99EF #E799EF

triadic

#BC99EF #EFBC99 #99EFBC

tetradic

#BC99EF #EF99A1 #CCEF99 #99EFE7

square

#BC99EF #EF99A1 #CCEF99 #99EFE7

split-complementary

#BC99EF #EFE799 #A1EF99

monochromatic

#772FDE #9964E7 #BC99EF #DFCEF7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BC99EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BC99EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99EF

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99EF	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.126 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7f4',
    500: '#bc99ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99ef;
$custom-light: #d1b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.419,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74683,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99EF

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51185

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99EF

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

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