#bc97cd

Color #bc97cd

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.72 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bc97cd

RGB

rgb(188, 151, 205)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 35.1%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 26.3%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(67.45, 23.61, -22.49)

LCH

lch(67.45, 32.61, 316.39)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0865, 315)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 59.2%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8cd97

Analogous

#a197cd

#bc97cd

#cd97c3

Triadic

#bc97cd

#cdbc97

#97cdbc

Split-complementary

#bc97cd

#c3cd97

#97cda1

Tetradic

#bc97cd

#cd97a8

#a8cd97

#97cdbc

Square

#bc97cd

#cda197

#a8cd97

#97c3cd

Shades

Color #bc97cd mixed toward black.

#a26fba

#864da0

#653a78

#432750

#221328

Tints

Color #bc97cd mixed toward white.

#c7a8d5

#d2bade

#ddcbe6

#e9dcee

#f4eef7

Tones

Color #bc97cd mixed toward gray.

#ba9bc9

#b9a0c4

#b7a4c0

#b5a9bb

#b4adb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadc2 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#afb2bf · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#bab8b6 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 21

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc97cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc97cd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bc97cd (#bc97cd) is rgb(188, 151, 205) in RGB.

No, #bc97cd 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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