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#bc9eca

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

RGB
188, 158, 202
HSL
281°, 29%, 71%
CMYK
7, 22, 0, 21
Luminance
0.3941

Every format

HEX#bc9eca
RGBrgb(188, 158, 202)
HSLhsl(281, 29%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 22%, 0%, 21%)
LABlab(69.0 19.1 -18.4)
LCHlch(69.0 26.5 316.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.741 0.070 315.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9eca;
background-color: #bc9eca;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9eca] bg-[#bc9eca]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9eca;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.620, blue: 0.792)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9eca")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9eca on white: 2.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9eca on black: 8.88:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green62.0%
Blue79.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan6.9%
Magenta21.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)20.8%

Color previews

#bc9eca text on a black background

contrast 8.88:1

Card sample

#bc9eca text on a white background

contrast 2.36:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9eca;
Background color
Panel with #bc9eca background
background-color: #bc9eca;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9eca;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 158, 202, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 158, 202, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9eca;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9eca, #CA9EBB);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9eca

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9eca in the Color Lab