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#bc9bc8

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

RGB
188, 155, 200
HSL
284°, 29%, 70%
CMYK
6, 23, 0, 22
Luminance
0.3830

Every format

HEX#bc9bc8
RGBrgb(188, 155, 200)
HSLhsl(284, 29%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 23%, 0%, 22%)
LABlab(68.2 20.4 -18.5)
LCHlch(68.2 27.5 317.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.734 0.073 317.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9bc8;
background-color: #bc9bc8;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9bc8] bg-[#bc9bc8]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9bc8;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.608, blue: 0.784)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9bc8")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9bc8 on white: 2.42:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9bc8 on black: 8.66:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green60.8%
Blue78.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan6.0%
Magenta22.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)21.6%

Color previews

#bc9bc8 text on a black background

contrast 8.66:1

Card sample

#bc9bc8 text on a white background

contrast 2.42:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9bc8;
Background color
Panel with #bc9bc8 background
background-color: #bc9bc8;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9bc8;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 155, 200, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 155, 200, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9bc8;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9bc8, #C89BB6);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9bc8

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9bc8 in the Color Lab