#bcabe3

Color #bcabe3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.84 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bcabe3

RGB

rgb(188, 171, 227)

HSL

hsl(258.2, 50%, 78%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.2, 24.7%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(73.13, 17.18, -25.91)

LCH

lch(73.13, 31.09, 303.55)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.0806, 298.44)

HWB

hwb(258.2, 67.1%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2e3ab

Analogous

#abb6e3

#bcabe3

#d8abe3

Triadic

#bcabe3

#e3bcab

#abe3bc

Split-complementary

#bcabe3

#e3d8ab

#b6e3ab

Tetradic

#bcabe3

#e3abd2

#d2e3ab

#abe3bc

Square

#bcabe3

#e3abb6

#d2e3ab

#abe3d8

Shades

Color #bcabe3 mixed toward black.

#9479d2

#6d47c2

#503295

#352163

#1b1132

Tints

Color #bcabe3 mixed toward white.

#c7b9e8

#d2c7ec

#ddd5f1

#e9e3f6

#f4f1fa

Tones

Color #bcabe3 mixed toward gray.

#beb0de

#c0b4da

#c1b9d5

#c3bed0

#c5c2cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5d7 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#b6b7d4 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#bbcdcb · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcabe3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcabe3]

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

#bcabe3 (#bcabe3) is rgb(188, 171, 227) in RGB.

No, #bcabe3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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