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#bc98cf

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

RGB
188, 152, 207
HSL
279°, 36%, 70%
CMYK
9, 27, 0, 19
Luminance
0.3765

Every format

HEX#bc98cf
RGBrgb(188, 152, 207)
HSLhsl(279, 36%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 27%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(67.8 23.5 -23.1)
LCHlch(67.8 32.9 315.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.731 0.087 313.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc98cf;
background-color: #bc98cf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc98cf] bg-[#bc98cf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc98cf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.596, blue: 0.812)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc98cf")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc98cf on white: 2.46:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc98cf on black: 8.53:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green59.6%
Blue81.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.2%
Magenta26.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)18.8%

Color previews

#bc98cf text on a black background

contrast 8.53:1

Card sample

#bc98cf text on a white background

contrast 2.46:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc98cf;
Background color
Panel with #bc98cf background
background-color: #bc98cf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc98cf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 152, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 152, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc98cf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc98cf, #CF98BD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc98cf

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc98cf in the Color Lab