#bcaed5

Color #bcaed5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.95 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bcaed5

RGB

rgb(188, 174, 213)

HSL

hsl(261.5, 31.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.5, 18.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(73.39, 12.53, -17.87)

LCH

lch(73.39, 21.83, 305.04)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.0567, 301.45)

HWB

hwb(261.5, 68.2%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7d5ae

Analogous

#aeb4d5

#bcaed5

#d0aed5

Triadic

#bcaed5

#d5bcae

#aed5bc

Split-complementary

#bcaed5

#d5d0ae

#b4d5ae

Tetradic

#bcaed5

#d5aec7

#c7d5ae

#aed5bc

Square

#bcaed5

#d5aeb4

#c7d5ae

#aed5d0

Shades

Color #bcaed5 mixed toward black.

#9984bf

#7659a9

#58427f

#3b2c55

#1d162a

Tints

Color #bcaed5 mixed toward white.

#c7bcdc

#d2c9e3

#ded7ea

#e9e4f1

#f4f2f8

Tones

Color #bcaed5 mixed toward gray.

#bdb1d2

#beb5cf

#bfb8cb

#c0bbc8

#c1bec5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6cc · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#b7b8ca · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#bbc5c4 · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 16.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bcaed5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcaed5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Indigo #4b0082

Frequently asked questions

#bcaed5 (#bcaed5) is rgb(188, 174, 213) in RGB.

No, #bcaed5 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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