#bcabda

Color #bcabda

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.39 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bcabda

RGB

rgb(188, 171, 218)

HSL

hsl(261.7, 38.8%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.7, 21.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(72.81, 15.23, -21.48)

LCH

lch(72.81, 26.33, 305.34)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.0685, 301.32)

HWB

hwb(261.7, 67.1%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9daab

Analogous

#abb2da

#bcabda

#d4abda

Triadic

#bcabda

#dabcab

#abdabc

Split-complementary

#bcabda

#dad4ab

#b2daab

Tetradic

#bcabda

#daabc9

#c9daab

#abdabc

Square

#bcabda

#daabb2

#c9daab

#abdad4

Shades

Color #bcabda mixed toward black.

#987ec6

#7451b2

#573c87

#3a285a

#1d142d

Tints

Color #bcabda mixed toward white.

#c7b9e0

#d2c7e6

#ded5ed

#e9e3f3

#f4f1f9

Tones

Color #bcabda mixed toward gray.

#bdafd6

#beb3d2

#bfb7ce

#c0bbca

#c1bfc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5d0 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#b6b7cd · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#bbc7c5 · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcabda;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcabda]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#bcabda (#bcabda) is rgb(188, 171, 218) in RGB.

No, #bcabda 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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