#BC99FF#BC99FF

#BC99FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.147 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC99FF
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(261, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 33.58, -46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 57.01, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0703 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.147 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1761, 40.6935, 99.7995)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC99FF #DCFF99

analogous

#99A9FF #BC99FF #EF99FF

triadic

#BC99FF #FFBC99 #99FFBC

tetradic

#BC99FF #FF99A9 #DCFF99 #99FFEF

square

#BC99FF #FF99A9 #DCFF99 #99FFEF

split-complementary

#BC99FF #FFEF99 #A9FF99

monochromatic

#6C1FFF #945CFF #BC99FF #E4D6FF #EBE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BC99FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BC99FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC99FF

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC99FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC99FF	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc99ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.147 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7ff',
    500: '#bc99ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc99ff;
$custom-light: #d2b7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc99ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.588,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75445,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC99FF

secondary

#EBF7D4

accent

#E60097

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC99FF

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

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