#bc90cc

Color #bc90cc

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 9.59 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bc90cc

RGB

rgb(188, 144, 204)

HSL

hsl(284, 37%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284, 29.4%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 29.4%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(65.75, 27.3, -24.54)

LCH

lch(65.75, 36.71, 318.05)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.0978, 316.86)

HWB

hwb(284, 56.5%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0cc90

Analogous

#9e90cc

#bc90cc

#cc90be

Triadic

#bc90cc

#ccbc90

#90ccbc

Split-complementary

#bc90cc

#becc90

#90cc9e

Tetradic

#bc90cc

#cc90a0

#a0cc90

#90ccbc

Square

#bc90cc

#cc9e90

#a0cc90

#90becc

Shades

Color #bc90cc mixed toward black.

#a468ba

#88499f

#663777

#44254f

#221228

Tints

Color #bc90cc mixed toward white.

#c7a2d4

#d2b5dd

#ddc7e5

#e9daee

#f4ecf6

Tones

Color #bc90cc mixed toward gray.

#ba95c7

#b79ac2

#b59fbd

#b3a4b8

#b0a9b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abaac0 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#adb0bd · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#bab5b3 · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 22.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc90cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc90cc]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bc90cc (#bc90cc) is rgb(188, 144, 204) in RGB.

No, #bc90cc is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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