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#BCA2F9

#bca2f9 ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bca2f9 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 63.53% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.5% cyan, 34.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 257.93°, with 87.88% saturation and 80.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.53.

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Relative luminance0.4337

Complementary

  1. #bca2f9
  2. #dff9a2

Split complementary

  1. #bca2f9
  2. #f9e8a2
  3. #b4f9a2

Analogous

  1. #a2b4f9
  2. #bca2f9
  3. #e8a2f9

Triadic

  1. #bca2f9
  2. #f9bca2
  3. #a2f9bc

Tetradic

  1. #bca2f9
  2. #f9a2df
  3. #dff9a2
  4. #a2f9bc

Square

  1. #bca2f9
  2. #f9a2b4
  3. #dff9a2
  4. #a2f9e8

Monochromatic

  1. #5412f0
  2. #885af4
  3. #bca2f9
  4. #f0eafe
  5. #f1ecfe

Shades

#bca2f9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca2f9
  2. #a992e0
  3. #9682c7
  4. #8471ae
  5. #716195
  6. #5e517d
  7. #4b4164
  8. #38314b
  9. #262032
  10. #131019
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca2f9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca2f9
  2. #c3abfa
  3. #c9b5fa
  4. #d0befb
  5. #d7c7fb
  6. #ded1fc
  7. #e4dafd
  8. #ebe3fd
  9. #f2ecfe
  10. #f8f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca2f9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca2f9
  2. #b69fed
  3. #b09be1
  4. #aa98d5
  5. #a494c9
  6. #9e91bd
  7. #988eb0
  8. #928aa4
  9. #8c8798
  10. #86838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5abd1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb0fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90aff7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0b0c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1abfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4aaf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5abda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca2f9 {
  color: #bca2f9;
}
Background
.bg-bca2f9 {
  background-color: #bca2f9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca2f9 {
  border: 2px solid #bca2f9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca2f9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 162 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 88% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca2f9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca2f9, #e8a2f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca2f9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 162 249 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.53 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.94 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.08 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.59 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.24 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.43 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.34 #435d06 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bca2f9  rgb(188, 162, 249)  hsl(258, 88%, 81%)  Mauve
#dff9a2  rgb(223, 249, 162)  hsl(78, 88%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#f9bca2  rgb(249, 188, 162)  hsl(18, 88%, 81%)  Zinnwaldite
#a2f9bc  rgb(162, 249, 188)  hsl(138, 88%, 81%)  Granny Smith Apple