#bc9ed6

Color #bc9ed6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.86 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bc9ed6

RGB

rgb(188, 158, 214)

HSL

hsl(272.1, 40.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.1, 26.2%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(69.47, 21.59, -24.38)

LCH

lch(69.47, 32.57, 311.53)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0854, 308.72)

HWB

hwb(272.1, 62%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8d69e

Analogous

#a09ed6

#bc9ed6

#d69ed4

Triadic

#bc9ed6

#d6bc9e

#9ed6bc

Split-complementary

#bc9ed6

#d4d69e

#9ed6a0

Tetradic

#bc9ed6

#d69eb8

#b8d69e

#9ed6bc

Square

#bc9ed6

#d6a09e

#b8d69e

#9ed4d6

Shades

Color #bc9ed6 mixed toward black.

#9e72c4

#7f4aae

#603783

#402557

#20122c

Tints

Color #bc9ed6 mixed toward white.

#c7aedd

#d2bee4

#ddceea

#e9dff1

#f4eff8

Tones

Color #bc9ed6 mixed toward gray.

#bca3d1

#bba7cd

#bbacc8

#bbb1c3

#bab5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0ca · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#b2b4c7 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#bbc0be · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc9ed6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc9ed6]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#bc9ed6 (#bc9ed6) is rgb(188, 158, 214) in RGB.

No, #bc9ed6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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