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#bca8df

a light, vivid violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
188, 168, 223
HSL
262°, 46%, 77%
CMYK
16, 25, 0, 13
Luminance
0.4402

Every format

HEX#bca8df
RGBrgb(188, 168, 223)
HSLhsl(262, 46%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 25%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(72.2 18.0 -25.1)
LCHlch(72.2 30.9 305.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.768 0.080 301.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bca8df;
background-color: #bca8df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bca8df] bg-[#bca8df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bca8df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.659, blue: 0.875)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bca8df")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bca8df on white: 2.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bca8df on black: 9.80:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green65.9%
Blue87.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.7%
Magenta24.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Color previews

#bca8df text on a black background

contrast 9.80:1

Card sample

#bca8df text on a white background

contrast 2.14:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bca8df;
Background color
Panel with #bca8df background
background-color: #bca8df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bca8df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 168, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 168, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bca8df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca8df, #DFA8DD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bca8df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bca8df in the Color Lab