#bc9acb

Color #bc9acb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bc9acb

RGB

rgb(188, 154, 203)

HSL

hsl(281.6, 32%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.6, 24.1%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(68.11, 21.53, -20.38)

LCH

lch(68.11, 29.65, 316.57)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0788, 315.41)

HWB

hwb(281.6, 60.4%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9cb9a

Analogous

#a39acb

#bc9acb

#cb9ac2

Triadic

#bc9acb

#cbbc9a

#9acbbc

Split-complementary

#bc9acb

#c2cb9a

#9acba3

Tetradic

#bc9acb

#cb9aa9

#a9cb9a

#9acbbc

Square

#bc9acb

#cba39a

#a9cb9a

#9ac2cb

Shades

Color #bc9acb mixed toward black.

#a273b7

#86519d

#643d76

#43284f

#211427

Tints

Color #bc9acb mixed toward white.

#c7abd4

#d2bcdc

#ddcde5

#e9ddee

#f4eef6

Tones

Color #bc9acb mixed toward gray.

#ba9ec7

#b9a2c3

#b7a6bf

#b6aabb

#b4aeb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaec1 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#b0b3be · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#bab8b6 · ΔE 21.5

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc9acb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc9acb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bc9acb (#bc9acb) is rgb(188, 154, 203) in RGB.

No, #bc9acb 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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