#bc9bb9

Color #bc9bb9

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#bc9bb9

RGB

rgb(188, 155, 185)

HSL

hsl(305.5, 19.8%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(305.5, 17.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 1.6%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(67.75, 17.45, -10.9)

LCH

lch(67.75, 20.57, 328.01)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0566, 329.09)

HWB

hwb(305.5, 60.8%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9bbc9e

Analogous

#af9bbc

#bc9bb9

#bc9ba9

Triadic

#bc9bb9

#b9bc9b

#9bb9bc

Split-complementary

#bc9bb9

#a9bc9b

#9bbcaf

Tetradic

#bc9bb9

#bc9e9b

#9bbc9e

#9bb9bc

Square

#bc9bb9

#bcaf9b

#9bbc9e

#9ba9bc

Shades

Color #bc9bb9 mixed toward black.

#a579a1

#895c85

#674564

#452e42

#221721

Tints

Color #bc9bb9 mixed toward white.

#c7acc5

#d2bcd0

#decddc

#e9dee8

#f4eef3

Tones

Color #bc9bb9 mixed toward gray.

#b99eb7

#b7a1b5

#b4a3b2

#b1a6b0

#aea9ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afaeb2 · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#b1b3b1 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#bbadac · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc9bb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc9bb9]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#bc9bb9 (#bc9bb9) is rgb(188, 155, 185) in RGB.

No, #bc9bb9 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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