#bca4cd

Color #bca4cd

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.05 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bca4cd

RGB

rgb(188, 164, 205)

HSL

hsl(275.1, 29.1%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.1, 20%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(70.63, 16.39, -17.66)

LCH

lch(70.63, 24.09, 312.86)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0634, 311.1)

HWB

hwb(275.1, 64.3%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5cda4

Analogous

#a8a4cd

#bca4cd

#cda4ca

Triadic

#bca4cd

#cdbca4

#a4cdbc

Split-complementary

#bca4cd

#cacda4

#a4cda8

Tetradic

#bca4cd

#cda4b5

#b5cda4

#a4cdbc

Square

#bca4cd

#cda8a4

#b5cda4

#a4cacd

Shades

Color #bca4cd mixed toward black.

#9f7cb7

#81579f

#614177

#412c4f

#201628

Tints

Color #bca4cd mixed toward white.

#c7b3d5

#d2c2de

#ded2e6

#e9e1ee

#f4f0f7

Tones

Color #bca4cd mixed toward gray.

#bca8ca

#bbabc6

#baaec3

#bab2bf

#b9b5bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2c4 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#b3b5c2 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#bbbdbb · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bca4cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bca4cd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bca4cd (#bca4cd) is rgb(188, 164, 205) in RGB.

No, #bca4cd 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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