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#BCACFF

#bcacff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bcacff 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, 67.45% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.27% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 251.57°, with 100% saturation and 83.73% 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 10.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.09.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4742

Complementary

  1. #bcacff
  2. #efffac

Split complementary

  1. #bcacff
  2. #ffe6ac
  3. #c6ffac

Analogous

  1. #acc6ff
  2. #bcacff
  3. #e6acff

Triadic

  1. #bcacff
  2. #ffbcac
  3. #acffbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcacff
  2. #ffacef
  3. #efffac
  4. #acffbc

Square

  1. #bcacff
  2. #ffacc6
  3. #efffac
  4. #acffe6

Monochromatic

  1. #4113ff
  2. #7e60ff
  3. #bcacff
  4. #efebff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#bcacff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcacff
  2. #a99be6
  3. #968acc
  4. #8478b3
  5. #716799
  6. #5e5680
  7. #4b4566
  8. #38344d
  9. #262233
  10. #13111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcacff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcacff
  2. #c3b4ff
  3. #c9bdff
  4. #d0c5ff
  5. #d7cdff
  6. #ded6ff
  7. #e4deff
  8. #ebe6ff
  9. #f2eeff
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcacff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcacff
  2. #b6a8f2
  3. #b0a3e6
  4. #aa9fd9
  5. #a49acc
  6. #9e96c0
  7. #9892b3
  8. #928da6
  9. #8c8999
  10. #86848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b3d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98b6fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aebaca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7b2fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4b5e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcacff {
  color: #bcacff;
}
Background
.bg-bcacff {
  background-color: #bcacff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcacff {
  border: 2px solid #bcacff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcacff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 172 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcacff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcacff, #e6acff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcacff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 172 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.09 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.99 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.42 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.43 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.56 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.75 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.95 #435300 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bcacff  rgb(188, 172, 255)  hsl(252, 100%, 84%)  Mauve
#efffac  rgb(239, 255, 172)  hsl(72, 100%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffbcac  rgb(255, 188, 172)  hsl(12, 100%, 84%)  Melon
#acffbc  rgb(172, 255, 188)  hsl(132, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green