#bca5de

Color #bca5de

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bca5de

RGB

rgb(188, 165, 222)

HSL

hsl(264.2, 46.3%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.2, 25.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(71.47, 19.41, -25.72)

LCH

lch(71.47, 32.22, 307.04)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.0838, 302.87)

HWB

hwb(264.2, 64.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7dea5

Analogous

#a5abde

#bca5de

#d8a5de

Triadic

#bca5de

#debca5

#a5debc

Split-complementary

#bca5de

#ded8a5

#abdea5

Tetradic

#bca5de

#dea5c7

#c7dea5

#a5debc

Square

#bca5de

#dea5ab

#c7dea5

#a5ded8

Shades

Color #bca5de mixed toward black.

#9976cd

#7647bb

#58348e

#3b235e

#1d112f

Tints

Color #bca5de mixed toward white.

#c7b4e3

#d2c3e9

#ded2ee

#e9e1f4

#f4f0f9

Tones

Color #bca5de mixed toward gray.

#bdaad9

#beafd5

#bfb3d0

#c0b8cb

#c1bdc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b2d2 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#b4b5cf · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#bbc8c6 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bca5de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bca5de]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#bca5de (#bca5de) is rgb(188, 165, 222) in RGB.

No, #bca5de 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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