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#BCA8FD

#bca8fd ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bca8fd is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 65.88% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.69% cyan, 33.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 254.12°, with 95.51% saturation and 82.55% 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 10.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.75.

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Relative luminance0.4579

Complementary

  1. #bca8fd
  2. #e9fda8

Split complementary

  1. #bca8fd
  2. #fde7a8
  3. #befda8

Analogous

  1. #a8befd
  2. #bca8fd
  3. #e7a8fd

Triadic

  1. #bca8fd
  2. #fdbca8
  3. #a8fdbc

Tetradic

  1. #bca8fd
  2. #fda8e9
  3. #e9fda8
  4. #a8fdbc

Square

  1. #bca8fd
  2. #fda8be
  3. #e9fda8
  4. #a8fde7

Monochromatic

  1. #4912fa
  2. #825dfb
  3. #bca8fd
  4. #f0ebff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#bca8fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca8fd
  2. #a997e4
  3. #9686ca
  4. #8476b1
  5. #716598
  6. #5e547f
  7. #4b4365
  8. #38324c
  9. #262233
  10. #131119
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca8fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca8fd
  2. #c3b1fd
  3. #c9b9fd
  4. #d0c2fe
  5. #d7cbfe
  6. #ded4fe
  7. #e4dcfe
  8. #ebe5fe
  9. #f2eeff
  10. #f8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca8fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca8fd
  2. #b6a4f1
  3. #b0a0e4
  4. #aa9cd8
  5. #a498cb
  6. #9e94bf
  7. #9890b2
  8. #928ca6
  9. #8c8899
  10. #86848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7afd5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92b5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94b3fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aeb6c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6affc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4b1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca8fd {
  color: #bca8fd;
}
Background
.bg-bca8fd {
  background-color: #bca8fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca8fd {
  border: 2px solid #bca8fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca8fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 168 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 96% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca8fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca8fd, #e7a8fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca8fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 168 253 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.75 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.80 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.83 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.96 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.21 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.81 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.12 #435702 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bca8fd  rgb(188, 168, 253)  hsl(254, 96%, 83%)  Mauve
#e9fda8  rgb(233, 253, 168)  hsl(74, 96%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#fdbca8  rgb(253, 188, 168)  hsl(14, 96%, 83%)  Melon
#a8fdbc  rgb(168, 253, 188)  hsl(134, 96%, 83%)  Pale Green