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#bc9ac4

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

RGB
188, 154, 196
HSL
289°, 26%, 69%
CMYK
4, 21, 0, 23
Luminance
0.3779

Every format

HEX#bc9ac4
RGBrgb(188, 154, 196)
HSLhsl(289, 26%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 21%, 0%, 23%)
LABlab(67.9 20.1 -16.9)
LCHlch(67.9 26.3 320.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.731 0.070 319.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9ac4;
background-color: #bc9ac4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9ac4] bg-[#bc9ac4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9ac4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.604, blue: 0.769)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9ac4")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9ac4 on white: 2.45:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9ac4 on black: 8.56:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green60.4%
Blue76.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan4.1%
Magenta21.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)23.1%

Color previews

#bc9ac4 text on a black background

contrast 8.56:1

Card sample

#bc9ac4 text on a white background

contrast 2.45:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9ac4;
Background color
Panel with #bc9ac4 background
background-color: #bc9ac4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9ac4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 154, 196, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 154, 196, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9ac4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9ac4, #C49AB0);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9ac4

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9ac4 in the Color Lab