#bca7e9

Color #bca7e9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bca7e9

RGB

rgb(188, 167, 233)

HSL

hsl(259.1, 60%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.1, 28.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.3%, 28.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(72.37, 20.73, -30.35)

LCH

lch(72.37, 36.75, 304.33)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0952, 298.74)

HWB

hwb(259.1, 65.5%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4e9a7

Analogous

#a7b3e9

#bca7e9

#dda7e9

Triadic

#bca7e9

#e9bca7

#a7e9bc

Split-complementary

#bca7e9

#e9dda7

#b3e9a7

Tetradic

#bca7e9

#e9a7d4

#d4e9a7

#a7e9bc

Square

#bca7e9

#e9a7b3

#d4e9a7

#a7e9dd

Shades

Color #bca7e9 mixed toward black.

#9372dc

#6b3cce

#4e28a0

#341b6b

#1a0d35

Tints

Color #bca7e9 mixed toward white.

#c7b6ed

#d2c4f0

#ddd3f4

#e9e2f8

#f4f0fb

Tones

Color #bca7e9 mixed toward gray.

#beace3

#c0b2de

#c2b7d8

#c4bdd3

#c6c2cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3db · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#b4b6d8 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#bbd0cd · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 21.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bca7e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bca7e9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#bca7e9 (#bca7e9) is rgb(188, 167, 233) in RGB.

No, #bca7e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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