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#bc9df5

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

RGB
188, 157, 245
HSL
261°, 82%, 79%
CMYK
23, 36, 0, 4
Luminance
0.4140

Every format

HEX#bc9df5
RGBrgb(188, 157, 245)
HSLhsl(261, 82%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 36%, 0%, 4%)
LABlab(70.5 29.0 -39.9)
LCHlch(70.5 49.3 306.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.757 0.127 299.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9df5;
background-color: #bc9df5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9df5] bg-[#bc9df5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9df5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.616, blue: 0.961)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9df5")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9df5 on white: 2.26:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9df5 on black: 9.28:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green61.6%
Blue96.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan23.3%
Magenta35.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)3.9%

Color previews

#bc9df5 text on a black background

contrast 9.28:1

Card sample

#bc9df5 text on a white background

contrast 2.26:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9df5;
Background color
Panel with #bc9df5 background
background-color: #bc9df5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9df5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 157, 245, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 157, 245, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9df5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9df5, #F59DF3);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9df5

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9df5 in the Color Lab