#bcafd6

Color #bcafd6

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.89 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bcafd6

RGB

rgb(188, 175, 214)

HSL

hsl(260, 32.2%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 18.2%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(73.68, 12.19, -17.98)

LCH

lch(73.68, 21.72, 304.14)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0565, 300.29)

HWB

hwb(260, 68.6%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9d6af

Analogous

#afb6d6

#bcafd6

#d0afd6

Triadic

#bcafd6

#d6bcaf

#afd6bc

Split-complementary

#bcafd6

#d6d0af

#b6d6af

Tetradic

#bcafd6

#d6afc9

#c9d6af

#afd6bc

Square

#bcafd6

#d6afb6

#c9d6af

#afd6d0

Shades

Color #bcafd6 mixed toward black.

#9884c0

#7459aa

#574281

#3a2c56

#1d162b

Tints

Color #bcafd6 mixed toward white.

#c7bcdd

#d2cae4

#ded7eb

#e9e4f1

#f4f2f8

Tones

Color #bcafd6 mixed toward gray.

#bdb2d3

#beb6d0

#bfb9cc

#c0bcc9

#c1bfc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b6cd · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#b7b8cb · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#bbc6c5 · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcafd6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcafd6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#bcafd6 (#bcafd6) is rgb(188, 175, 214) in RGB.

No, #bcafd6 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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