#BC93CD

sRGB: 188 / 147 / 205

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Shimmering rivers flicker through endless evenings
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#BC93CD belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 147 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 282.4° lands in the violet region. Its 36.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.0% 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 (8.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 147, 205
HSL: 282.41°, 36.71%, 69.02%
HSV / HSB: 282.41°, 28.29%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 8.29%, 28.29%, 0.00%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 42.190, 35.967, 62.479
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 66.495, 25.833, -23.953
WCAG relative luminance: 0.35967
24-bit decimal: 12358605

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 #BC93CD 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: 8.19:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.56:1

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

#A4CD93 sits half a turn (180°) from #BC93CD 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.

#BC93CD #A4CD93

Analogous

#9F93CD and #CD93C1 sit 30° to either side of #BC93CD. 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.

#9F93CD #BC93CD #CD93C1

Triadic

#BC93CD, #CDBC93 and #93CDBC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BC93CD #CDBC93 #93CDBC

Split complementary

Start at #BC93CD and look across the wheel. #C1CD93 and #93CD9F sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BC93CD #C1CD93 #93CD9F

Square

Starting with #BC93CD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CD9F93, #A4CD93, then #93C1CD. Across the square, #BC93CD pairs with #A4CD93, and #CD9F93 with #93C1CD.

#BC93CD #CD9F93 #A4CD93 #93C1CD

Tetradic

#BC93CD and #A4CD93 are opposites, as are #CD93A4 and #93CDBC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BC93CD #CD93A4 #A4CD93 #93CDBC

Tints

Mixing #BC93CD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9A9D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2E9F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BC93CD #C9A9D7 #D7BEE1 #E4D4EB #F2E9F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BC93CD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9676A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #261D29, the mixture is 80% black.

#BC93CD #9676A4 #71587B #4B3B52 #261D29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BC93CD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B08FBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C848F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BC93CD #B08FBE #A48BAE #98889F #8C848F #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

#BC93CD

RGB

rgb(188 147 205)

HSL

hsl(282.414 36.709% 69.020%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BC93CD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BC93CD uses 188 red, 147 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 57.6%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BC93CD is 8.3% cyan, 28.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 8.3%

Magenta 28.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB99CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B9C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BC93CD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB99CC Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#BC93CD #B89DC3 #B4A6BA #B0B0B0 #ACBAA6 #A8C39D #A4CD93

Color vision previews

Compare how #BC93CD 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.

#8B9FCF

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.

#94A3CB

Tritanopia

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

#BB9AA8

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.

#9F9CCE

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.

#A19ECC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BA96C1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A2A2A2

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.

#AF9BB9

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 0.29177 B 0.61050

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 0.71209 G 0.58275 B 0.78914

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.46541 G 0.29878 B 0.58558

CIE xyY

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

x 0.300 y 0.256 Y 35.967

CMY

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

C % 26.275 M % 42.353 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

10111100 10010011 11001101