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#bc9cf9

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

RGB
188, 156, 249
HSL
261°, 89%, 79%
CMYK
25, 37, 0, 2
Luminance
0.4131

Every format

HEX#bc9cf9
RGBrgb(188, 156, 249)
HSLhsl(261, 89%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 37%, 0%, 2%)
LABlab(70.4 30.5 -42.1)
LCHlch(70.4 52.0 305.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.757 0.134 299.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9cf9;
background-color: #bc9cf9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9cf9] bg-[#bc9cf9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9cf9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.612, blue: 0.976)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9cf9")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9cf9 on white: 2.27:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9cf9 on black: 9.26:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green61.2%
Blue97.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan24.5%
Magenta37.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)2.4%

Color previews

#bc9cf9 text on a black background

contrast 9.26:1

Card sample

#bc9cf9 text on a white background

contrast 2.27:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9cf9;
Background color
Panel with #bc9cf9 background
background-color: #bc9cf9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9cf9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 156, 249, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 156, 249, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9cf9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9cf9, #F99CF8);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9cf9

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9cf9 in the Color Lab