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#bc9ffa

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

RGB
188, 159, 250
HSL
259°, 90%, 80%
CMYK
25, 36, 0, 2
Luminance
0.4239

Every format

HEX#bc9ffa
RGBrgb(188, 159, 250)
HSLhsl(259, 90%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 36%, 0%, 2%)
LABlab(71.1 29.1 -41.5)
LCHlch(71.1 50.7 305.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.763 0.131 297.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bc9ffa;
background-color: #bc9ffa;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bc9ffa] bg-[#bc9ffa]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bc9ffa;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.624, blue: 0.980)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bc9ffa")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bc9ffa on white: 2.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bc9ffa on black: 9.48:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green62.4%
Blue98.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan24.8%
Magenta36.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)2.0%

Color previews

#bc9ffa text on a black background

contrast 9.48:1

Card sample

#bc9ffa text on a white background

contrast 2.22:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bc9ffa;
Background color
Panel with #bc9ffa background
background-color: #bc9ffa;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bc9ffa;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 159, 250, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 159, 250, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bc9ffa;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9ffa, #F99FFA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bc9ffa

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bc9ffa in the Color Lab