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#BCA2FA

#bca2fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bca2fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.8% cyan, 35.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 257.73°, with 89.8% saturation and 80.78% 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 9.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.6.

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Relative luminance0.4343

Complementary

  1. #bca2fa
  2. #e0faa2

Split complementary

  1. #bca2fa
  2. #fae8a2
  3. #b4faa2

Analogous

  1. #a2b4fa
  2. #bca2fa
  3. #e8a2fa

Triadic

  1. #bca2fa
  2. #fabca2
  3. #a2fabc

Tetradic

  1. #bca2fa
  2. #faa2e0
  3. #e0faa2
  4. #a2fabc

Square

  1. #bca2fa
  2. #faa2b4
  3. #e0faa2
  4. #a2fae8

Monochromatic

  1. #5311f2
  2. #8859f6
  3. #bca2fa
  4. #f0ebfe
  5. #f1ecfe

Shades

#bca2fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca2fa
  2. #a992e1
  3. #9682c8
  4. #8471af
  5. #716196
  6. #5e517d
  7. #4b4164
  8. #38314b
  9. #262032
  10. #131019
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca2fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca2fa
  2. #c3abfb
  3. #c9b5fb
  4. #d0befc
  5. #d7c7fc
  6. #ded1fd
  7. #e4dafd
  8. #ebe3fe
  9. #f2ecfe
  10. #f8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca2fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca2fa
  2. #b69fee
  3. #b09be2
  4. #aa98d5
  5. #a494c9
  6. #9e91bd
  7. #988eb1
  8. #928aa5
  9. #8c8798
  10. #86838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5abd2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb0fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90aff8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0b1c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1abfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3aaf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5abdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca2fa {
  color: #bca2fa;
}
Background
.bg-bca2fa {
  background-color: #bca2fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca2fa {
  border: 2px solid #bca2fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca2fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 162 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 90% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca2fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca2fa, #e8a2fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca2fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 162 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.60 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.11 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.13 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.63 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.37 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.47 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.28 #435d05 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bca2fa  rgb(188, 162, 250)  hsl(258, 90%, 81%)  Mauve
#e0faa2  rgb(224, 250, 162)  hsl(78, 90%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#fabca2  rgb(250, 188, 162)  hsl(18, 90%, 81%)  Zinnwaldite
#a2fabc  rgb(162, 250, 188)  hsl(138, 90%, 81%)  Granny Smith Apple