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#BCA3FA

#bca3fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bca3fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 63.92% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.8% cyan, 34.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 257.24°, with 89.69% saturation and 80.98% 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 9.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.56.

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Relative luminance0.4379

Complementary

  1. #bca3fa
  2. #e1faa3

Split complementary

  1. #bca3fa
  2. #fae7a3
  3. #b6faa3

Analogous

  1. #a3b6fa
  2. #bca3fa
  3. #e7a3fa

Triadic

  1. #bca3fa
  2. #fabca3
  3. #a3fabc

Tetradic

  1. #bca3fa
  2. #faa3e1
  3. #e1faa3
  4. #a3fabc

Square

  1. #bca3fa
  2. #faa3b6
  3. #e1faa3
  4. #a3fae7

Monochromatic

  1. #5212f2
  2. #875af6
  3. #bca3fa
  4. #f1ecfe
  5. #f1ecfe

Shades

#bca3fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca3fa
  2. #a993e1
  3. #9682c8
  4. #8472af
  5. #716296
  6. #5e527d
  7. #4b4164
  8. #38314b
  9. #262132
  10. #131019
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca3fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca3fa
  2. #c3acfb
  3. #c9b5fb
  4. #d0bffc
  5. #d7c8fc
  6. #ded1fd
  7. #e4dafd
  8. #ebe3fe
  9. #f2edfe
  10. #f8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca3fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca3fa
  2. #b6a0ee
  3. #b09ce2
  4. #aa99d5
  5. #a495c9
  6. #9e92bd
  7. #988eb1
  8. #928ba5
  9. #8c8798
  10. #86848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5abd2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8db1fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91b0f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0b2c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2acfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4abf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5acdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca3fa {
  color: #bca3fa;
}
Background
.bg-bca3fa {
  background-color: #bca3fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca3fa {
  border: 2px solid #bca3fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca3fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 163 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 90% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca3fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca3fa, #e7a3fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca3fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 163 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.56 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.12 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.38 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.46 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.19 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.41 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.12 #435c05 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bca3fa  rgb(188, 163, 250)  hsl(257, 90%, 81%)  Mauve
#e1faa3  rgb(225, 250, 163)  hsl(77, 90%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#fabca3  rgb(250, 188, 163)  hsl(17, 90%, 81%)  Zinnwaldite
#a3fabc  rgb(163, 250, 188)  hsl(137, 90%, 81%)  Granny Smith Apple