#BC89CC

sRGB: 188 / 137 / 204

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Morning melodies cascade across forgotten valleys
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#BC89CC belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 137 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 285.7° lands in the magenta region. Its 39.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 66.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 137, 204
HSL: 285.67°, 39.64%, 66.86%
HSV / HSB: 285.67°, 32.84%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 7.84%, 32.84%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 40.582, 32.943, 61.350
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.115, 31.182, -27.048
WCAG relative luminance: 0.32942
24-bit decimal: 12356044

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BC89CC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.77:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#99CC89 sits half a turn (180°) from #BC89CC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BC89CC #99CC89

Analogous

#9A89CC and #CC89BB sit 30° to either side of #BC89CC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#9A89CC #BC89CC #CC89BB

Triadic

#BC89CC, #CCBC89 and #89CCBC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BC89CC #CCBC89 #89CCBC

Split complementary

Start at #BC89CC and look across the wheel. #BBCC89 and #89CC9B sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BC89CC #BBCC89 #89CC9B

Square

Starting with #BC89CC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CC9A89, #99CC89, then #89BBCC. Across the square, #BC89CC pairs with #99CC89, and #CC9A89 with #89BBCC.

#BC89CC #CC9A89 #99CC89 #89BBCC

Tetradic

#BC89CC and #99CC89 are opposites, as are #CC8999 and #89CCBC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BC89CC #CC8999 #99CC89 #89CCBC

Tints

Mixing #BC89CC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9A1D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2E7F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BC89CC #C9A1D6 #D7B8E0 #E4D0EB #F2E7F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BC89CC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #966EA3, keeps 80% of the original. By #261B29, the mixture is 80% black.

#BC89CC #966EA3 #71527A #4B3752 #261B29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BC89CC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B087BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C828F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BC89CC #B087BD #A485AE #98849E #8C828F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BC89CC

RGB

rgb(188 137 204)

HSL

hsl(285.672 39.645% 66.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BC89CC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BC89CC uses 188 red, 137 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 53.7%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BC89CC is 7.8% cyan, 32.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.8%

Magenta 32.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB88CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B8C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BC89CC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB88CC Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#BC89CC #B694C1 #B09FB6 #ABABAB #A5B69F #9FC194 #99CC89

Color vision previews

Compare how #BC89CC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#8098CF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8C9DCA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#BC91A1

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9994CD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9C97CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BA8DBE

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9B9B9B

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AD93B6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.50289 G 0.25016 B 0.60383

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.70700 G 0.54545 B 0.78366

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.45802 G 0.25855 B 0.57650

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.301 y 0.244 Y 32.943

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 26.275 M % 46.275 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111100 10001001 11001100