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#bc9ffc

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

RGB
188, 159, 252
HSL
259°, 94%, 81%
CMYK
25, 37, 0, 1
Luminance
0.4252

Every format

HEX#bc9ffc
RGBrgb(188, 159, 252)
HSLhsl(259, 94%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 37%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(71.2 29.5 -42.5)
LCHlch(71.2 51.7 304.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.764 0.133 297.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9ffc;
background-color: #bc9ffc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9ffc] bg-[#bc9ffc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9ffc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.624, blue: 0.988)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9ffc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9ffc on white: 2.21:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9ffc on black: 9.50:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green62.4%
Blue98.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan25.4%
Magenta36.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)1.2%

Color previews

#bc9ffc text on a black background

contrast 9.50:1

Card sample

#bc9ffc text on a white background

contrast 2.21:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9ffc;
Background color
Panel with #bc9ffc background
background-color: #bc9ffc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9ffc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 159, 252, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 159, 252, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9ffc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9ffc, #FA9FFC);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9ffc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9ffc in the Color Lab