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Recognised as Colour

#BCA5D8

  • #BCA5D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BCA5D8 is a violet with RGB values 188, 165, 216 and HSL 267°, 40%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BCA5D8#BCA5D8
HEX#BCA5D8
RGBrgb(188, 165, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6471, 0.8471
RGB percentages73.7%, 64.7%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(267.1, 39.5%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.1, 23.6%, 84.7%)
CMYK13%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,363,224
CSS custom property--colour: #BCA5D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.51:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#435A27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CAEDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0AFD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B8ACB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.6Thistle · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 22Light slate grey · ΔE 28Lavender · ΔE 28.3Dark grey · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1D8A5
Analogous#A5A8D8, #D5A5D8
Triadic#D8BCA5, #A5D8BC
Split complementary#D8D6A5, #A8D8A5
Tetradic#D8A5A8, #C1D8A5, #A5D8D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1ECF7
Lighter +10%#D6C9E7
Darker −10%#A281C9
Darker −20%#875EB9
Darker −30%#6E459F
Darker −40%#55367B
More saturated +25%#BA95E8
Less saturated −25%#BEB5C8

Channel breakdown

R188
G165
B216
Red188 (73.7%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue267.06°
Saturation (HSL)39.53%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G A5 · B D8

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