#bc9dfa

Color #bc9dfa

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 18.76 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bc9dfa

RGB

rgb(188, 157, 250)

HSL

hsl(260, 90.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 37.2%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 37.2%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(70.67, 30.18, -42.24)

LCH

lch(70.67, 51.91, 305.55)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.1337, 298.5)

HWB

hwb(260, 61.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbfa9d

Analogous

#9dacfa

#bc9dfa

#ea9dfa

Triadic

#bc9dfa

#fabc9d

#9dfabc

Split-complementary

#bc9dfa

#faea9d

#acfa9d

Tetradic

#bc9dfa

#fa9ddb

#dbfa9d

#9dfabc

Square

#bc9dfa

#fa9dac

#dbfa9d

#9dfaea

Shades

Color #bc9dfa mixed toward black.

#905cf7

#641cf3

#470ac2

#2f0781

#180341

Tints

Color #bc9dfa mixed toward white.

#c7adfb

#d2befc

#ddcefd

#e9defd

#f4effe

Tones

Color #bc9dfa mixed toward gray.

#bfa5f2

#c1acea

#c4b4e3

#c6bcdb

#c9c4d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafe8 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#b1b3e3 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#bbd8d5 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 24.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc9dfa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc9dfa]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#bc9dfa (#bc9dfa) is rgb(188, 157, 250) in RGB.

No, #bc9dfa 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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