#bcaac8

Color #bcaac8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.97 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bcaac8

RGB

rgb(188, 170, 200)

HSL

hsl(276, 21.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 15%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(71.97, 12.07, -12.89)

LCH

lch(71.97, 17.66, 313.12)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.0466, 311.87)

HWB

hwb(276, 66.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6c8aa

Analogous

#adaac8

#bcaac8

#c8aac5

Triadic

#bcaac8

#c8bcaa

#aac8bc

Split-complementary

#bcaac8

#c5c8aa

#aac8ad

Tetradic

#bcaac8

#c8aab6

#b6c8aa

#aac8bc

Square

#bcaac8

#c8adaa

#b6c8aa

#aac5c8

Shades

Color #bcaac8 mixed toward black.

#9e84b0

#816196

#604970

#40304b

#201825

Tints

Color #bcaac8 mixed toward white.

#c7b8d1

#d2c6da

#ddd4e3

#e9e3ed

#f4f1f6

Tones

Color #bcaac8 mixed toward gray.

#bbacc5

#bbafc3

#bab1c0

#bab4be

#b9b6bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4c1 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#b6b7c0 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#bbbcbb · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcaac8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcaac8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bcaac8 (#bcaac8) is rgb(188, 170, 200) in RGB.

No, #bcaac8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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