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#bc9ed4

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

RGB
188, 158, 212
HSL
273°, 39%, 73%
CMYK
11, 26, 0, 17
Luminance
0.3990

Every format

HEX#bc9ed4
RGBrgb(188, 158, 212)
HSLhsl(273, 39%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 26%, 0%, 17%)
LABlab(69.4 21.2 -23.4)
LCHlch(69.4 31.5 312.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.744 0.083 309.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9ed4;
background-color: #bc9ed4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9ed4] bg-[#bc9ed4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9ed4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.620, blue: 0.831)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9ed4")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9ed4 on white: 2.34:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9ed4 on black: 8.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green62.0%
Blue83.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.3%
Magenta25.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)16.9%

Color previews

#bc9ed4 text on a black background

contrast 8.98:1

Card sample

#bc9ed4 text on a white background

contrast 2.34:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9ed4;
Background color
Panel with #bc9ed4 background
background-color: #bc9ed4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9ed4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 158, 212, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 158, 212, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9ed4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9ed4, #D49EC8);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9ed4

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9ed4 in the Color Lab