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#bc9dee

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

RGB
188, 157, 238
HSL
263°, 70%, 78%
CMYK
21, 34, 0, 7
Luminance
0.4098

Every format

HEX#bc9dee
RGBrgb(188, 157, 238)
HSLhsl(263, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(21%, 34%, 0%, 7%)
LABlab(70.2 27.4 -36.5)
LCHlch(70.2 45.6 306.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.754 0.118 301.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9dee;
background-color: #bc9dee;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9dee] bg-[#bc9dee]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9dee;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.616, blue: 0.933)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9dee")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9dee on white: 2.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9dee on black: 9.20:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green61.6%
Blue93.3%

CMYK percentages

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

Color previews

#bc9dee text on a black background

contrast 9.20:1

Card sample

#bc9dee text on a white background

contrast 2.28:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9dee;
Background color
Panel with #bc9dee background
background-color: #bc9dee;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9dee;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 157, 238, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 157, 238, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9dee;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9dee, #EE9DEA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9dee

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9dee in the Color Lab