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#bc9ff1

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

RGB
188, 159, 241
HSL
261°, 75%, 78%
CMYK
22, 34, 0, 6
Luminance
0.4184

Every format

HEX#bc9ff1
RGBrgb(188, 159, 241)
HSLhsl(261, 75%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 34%, 0%, 6%)
LABlab(70.8 27.0 -37.2)
LCHlch(70.8 46.0 306.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.758 0.119 299.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9ff1;
background-color: #bc9ff1;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9ff1] bg-[#bc9ff1]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9ff1;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.624, blue: 0.945)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9ff1")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9ff1 on white: 2.24:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9ff1 on black: 9.37:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green62.4%
Blue94.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.0%
Magenta34.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.5%

Color previews

#bc9ff1 text on a black background

contrast 9.37:1

Card sample

#bc9ff1 text on a white background

contrast 2.24:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9ff1;
Background color
Panel with #bc9ff1 background
background-color: #bc9ff1;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9ff1;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 159, 241, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 159, 241, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9ff1;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9ff1, #F19FEF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9ff1

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9ff1 in the Color Lab