#bc9cc7

Color #bc9cc7

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.49 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bc9cc7

RGB

rgb(188, 156, 199)

HSL

hsl(284.7, 27.7%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.7, 21.6%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(68.46, 19.61, -17.63)

LCH

lch(68.46, 26.37, 318.04)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0704, 317.36)

HWB

hwb(284.7, 61.2%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7c79c

Analogous

#a79cc7

#bc9cc7

#c79cbc

Triadic

#bc9cc7

#c7bc9c

#9cc7bc

Split-complementary

#bc9cc7

#bcc79c

#9cc7a7

Tetradic

#bc9cc7

#c79ca7

#a7c79c

#9cc7bc

Square

#bc9cc7

#c7a79c

#a7c79c

#9cbcc7

Shades

Color #bc9cc7 mixed toward black.

#a276b2

#865697

#654071

#432b4c

#221526

Tints

Color #bc9cc7 mixed toward white.

#c7add0

#d2bdda

#decee3

#e9deec

#f4eff6

Tones

Color #bc9cc7 mixed toward gray.

#baa0c3

#b8a3c0

#b7a7bc

#b5aab9

#b3aeb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafbe · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#b1b3bb · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#bbb6b4 · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc9cc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc9cc7]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bc9cc7 (#bc9cc7) is rgb(188, 156, 199) in RGB.

No, #bc9cc7 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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