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#bc9df0

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

RGB
188, 157, 240
HSL
262°, 74%, 78%
CMYK
22, 35, 0, 6
Luminance
0.4110

Every format

HEX#bc9df0
RGBrgb(188, 157, 240)
HSLhsl(262, 74%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 35%, 0%, 6%)
LABlab(70.2 27.9 -37.5)
LCHlch(70.2 46.7 306.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.754 0.121 300.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9df0;
background-color: #bc9df0;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9df0] bg-[#bc9df0]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9df0;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.616, blue: 0.941)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9df0")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9df0 on white: 2.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9df0 on black: 9.22:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green61.6%
Blue94.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan21.7%
Magenta34.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.9%

Color previews

#bc9df0 text on a black background

contrast 9.22:1

Card sample

#bc9df0 text on a white background

contrast 2.28:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9df0;
Background color
Panel with #bc9df0 background
background-color: #bc9df0;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9df0;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 157, 240, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 157, 240, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9df0;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9df0, #F09DED);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9df0

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9df0 in the Color Lab