#bca5b8

Color #bca5b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bca5b8

RGB

rgb(188, 165, 184)

HSL

hsl(310.4, 14.6%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(310.4, 12.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 2.1%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(70.22, 11.74, -6.67)

LCH

lch(70.22, 13.5, 330.4)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0374, 331.72)

HWB

hwb(310.4, 64.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5bca9

Analogous

#b4a5bc

#bca5b8

#bca5ac

Triadic

#bca5b8

#b8bca5

#a5b8bc

Split-complementary

#bca5b8

#acbca5

#a5bcb4

Tetradic

#bca5b8

#bca9a5

#a5bca9

#a5b8bc

Square

#bca5b8

#bcb4a5

#a5bca9

#a5acbc

Shades

Color #bca5b8 mixed toward black.

#a3839d

#876481

#654b61

#433240

#221920

Tints

Color #bca5b8 mixed toward white.

#c7b4c4

#d2c3d0

#ddd2db

#e9e1e7

#f4f0f3

Tones

Color #bca5b8 mixed toward gray.

#baa7b7

#b8a9b5

#b6abb4

#b4adb3

#b2afb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b2b4 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#b4b5b3 · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#bbb0af · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bca5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bca5b8]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#bca5b8 (#bca5b8) is rgb(188, 165, 184) in RGB.

No, #bca5b8 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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