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#bc89cd

a light, soft violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
188, 137, 205
HSL
285°, 41%, 67%
CMYK
8, 33, 0, 20
Luminance
0.3299

Every format

HEX#bc89cd
RGBrgb(188, 137, 205)
HSLhsl(285, 41%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 33%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(64.2 31.4 -27.6)
LCHlch(64.2 41.8 318.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.704 0.112 317.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc89cd;
background-color: #bc89cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc89cd] bg-[#bc89cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc89cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.537, blue: 0.804)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc89cd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc89cd on white: 2.76:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc89cd on black: 7.60:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green53.7%
Blue80.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan8.3%
Magenta33.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Color previews

#bc89cd text on a black background

contrast 7.60:1

Card sample

#bc89cd text on a white background

contrast 2.76:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc89cd;
Background color
Panel with #bc89cd background
background-color: #bc89cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc89cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 137, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 137, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc89cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc89cd, #CD89B1);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc89cd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc89cd in the Color Lab