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#BCAEFF

#bcaeff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bcaeff 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, 68.24% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.27% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 250.37°, with 100% saturation and 84.12% 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 10.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.26.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4818

Complementary

  1. #bcaeff
  2. #f1ffae

Split complementary

  1. #bcaeff
  2. #ffe5ae
  3. #c9ffae

Analogous

  1. #aec9ff
  2. #bcaeff
  3. #e5aeff

Triadic

  1. #bcaeff
  2. #ffbcae
  3. #aeffbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcaeff
  2. #ffaef1
  3. #f1ffae
  4. #aeffbc

Square

  1. #bcaeff
  2. #ffaec9
  3. #f1ffae
  4. #aeffe5

Monochromatic

  1. #3d15ff
  2. #7d62ff
  3. #bcaeff
  4. #eeebff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#bcaeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcaeff
  2. #a99de6
  3. #968bcc
  4. #847ab3
  5. #716899
  6. #5e5780
  7. #4b4666
  8. #38344d
  9. #262333
  10. #13111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcaeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcaeff
  2. #c3b6ff
  3. #c9beff
  4. #d0c6ff
  5. #d7ceff
  6. #ded7ff
  7. #e4dfff
  8. #ebe7ff
  9. #f2efff
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcaeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcaeff
  2. #b6a9f2
  3. #b0a5e6
  4. #aaa0d9
  5. #a49ccc
  6. #9e97c0
  7. #9892b3
  8. #928ea6
  9. #8c8999
  10. #86858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bab4d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99baff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab7fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adbccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8b3fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3b6e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcaeff {
  color: #bcaeff;
}
Background
.bg-bcaeff {
  background-color: #bcaeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcaeff {
  border: 2px solid #bcaeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcaeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 174 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcaeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcaeff, #e5aeff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcaeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 174 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.26 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.46 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.18 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.65 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.30 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.98 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.15 #435100 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bcaeff  rgb(188, 174, 255)  hsl(250, 100%, 84%)  Mauve
#f1ffae  rgb(241, 255, 174)  hsl(70, 100%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffbcae  rgb(255, 188, 174)  hsl(10, 100%, 84%)  Melon
#aeffbc  rgb(174, 255, 188)  hsl(130, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green