#bcabc7

Color #bcabc7

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.58 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bcabc7

RGB

rgb(188, 171, 199)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 20%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 14.1%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(72.19, 11.32, -12.01)

LCH

lch(72.19, 16.5, 313.31)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.0436, 312.21)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 67.1%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6c7ab

Analogous

#aeabc7

#bcabc7

#c7abc4

Triadic

#bcabc7

#c7bcab

#abc7bc

Split-complementary

#bcabc7

#c4c7ab

#abc7ae

Tetradic

#bcabc7

#c7abb6

#b6c7ab

#abc7bc

Square

#bcabc7

#c7aeab

#b6c7ab

#abc4c7

Shades

Color #bcabc7 mixed toward black.

#9e86ae

#816394

#604a6f

#40314a

#201925

Tints

Color #bcabc7 mixed toward white.

#c7b9d0

#d2c7da

#ddd5e3

#e9e3ec

#f4f1f6

Tones

Color #bcabc7 mixed toward gray.

#bbadc5

#bbb0c2

#bab2c0

#bab4be

#b9b7bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5c1 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#b6b7bf · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#bbbcba · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcabc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcabc7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bcabc7 (#bcabc7) is rgb(188, 171, 199) in RGB.

No, #bcabc7 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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