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#bc9bee

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

RGB
188, 155, 238
HSL
264°, 71%, 77%
CMYK
21, 35, 0, 7
Luminance
0.4031

Every format

HEX#bc9bee
RGBrgb(188, 155, 238)
HSLhsl(264, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(21%, 35%, 0%, 7%)
LABlab(69.7 28.5 -37.2)
LCHlch(69.7 46.9 307.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.750 0.121 301.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9bee;
background-color: #bc9bee;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9bee] bg-[#bc9bee]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9bee;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.608, blue: 0.933)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9bee")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9bee on white: 2.32:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9bee on black: 9.06:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green60.8%
Blue93.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan21.0%
Magenta34.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)6.7%

Color previews

#bc9bee text on a black background

contrast 9.06:1

Card sample

#bc9bee text on a white background

contrast 2.32:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9bee;
Background color
Panel with #bc9bee background
background-color: #bc9bee;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9bee;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 155, 238, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 155, 238, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9bee;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9bee, #EE9BE9);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9bee

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9bee in the Color Lab