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#bc9bd2

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

RGB
188, 155, 210
HSL
276°, 38%, 72%
CMYK
11, 26, 0, 18
Luminance
0.3879

Every format

HEX#bc9bd2
RGBrgb(188, 155, 210)
HSLhsl(276, 38%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 26%, 0%, 18%)
LABlab(68.6 22.4 -23.5)
LCHlch(68.6 32.5 313.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.738 0.086 311.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9bd2;
background-color: #bc9bd2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9bd2] bg-[#bc9bd2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9bd2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.608, blue: 0.824)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9bd2")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9bd2 on white: 2.40:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9bd2 on black: 8.76:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green60.8%
Blue82.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.5%
Magenta26.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)17.6%

Color previews

#bc9bd2 text on a black background

contrast 8.76:1

Card sample

#bc9bd2 text on a white background

contrast 2.40:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9bd2;
Background color
Panel with #bc9bd2 background
background-color: #bc9bd2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9bd2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 155, 210, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 155, 210, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9bd2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9bd2, #D29BC3);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9bd2

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9bd2 in the Color Lab