Recognised as Colour

#BCADFF

#BCADFF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#BCADFF is a blue with RGB values 188, 173, 255 and HSL 251°, 100%, 84%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BCADFF#BCADFF

HEX#BCADFF

RGBrgb(188, 173, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6784, 1

RGB percentages73.7%, 67.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(251, 100%, 83.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251, 32.2%, 100%)

CMYK26.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,365,311

CSS custom property--colour: #BCADFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.56:1

Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#435200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#97B9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#99B6FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Tritanopia#ADBBCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.2 Medium purple · ΔE 26.9 Thistle · ΔE 31.3 Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F0FFAD

Analogous#ADC7FF, #E5ADFF

Triadic#FFBCAD, #ADFFBC

Split complementary#FFE5AD, #C7FFAD

Tetradic#FFADC7, #F0FFAD, #ADFFE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E6E0FF

Darker −10%#927AFF

Darker −20%#6947FF

Darker −30%#3F14FF

Darker −40%#2900E0

More saturated +25%#BCADFF

Less saturated −25%#C3B7F5

Channel breakdown

R188

G173

B255

Red188 (73.7%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue250.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BC · G AD · B FF

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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