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#bcabdb

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

RGB
188, 171, 219
HSL
261°, 40%, 77%
CMYK
14, 22, 0, 14
Luminance
0.4493

Every format

HEX#bcabdb
RGBrgb(188, 171, 219)
HSLhsl(261, 40%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 22%, 0%, 14%)
LABlab(72.8 15.4 -22.0)
LCHlch(72.8 26.9 305.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.772 0.070 301.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bcabdb;
background-color: #bcabdb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bcabdb] bg-[#bcabdb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bcabdb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.671, blue: 0.859)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bcabdb")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bcabdb on white: 2.10:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bcabdb on black: 9.99:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green67.1%
Blue85.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.2%
Magenta21.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)14.1%

Color previews

#bcabdb text on a black background

contrast 9.99:1

Card sample

#bcabdb text on a white background

contrast 2.10:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 171, 219, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 171, 219, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bcabdb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcabdb, #DBABDA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bcabdb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bcabdb in the Color Lab