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#bcade4

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

RGB
188, 173, 228
HSL
256°, 51%, 79%
CMYK
18, 24, 0, 11
Luminance
0.4618

Every format

HEX#bcade4
RGBrgb(188, 173, 228)
HSLhsl(256, 51%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 24%, 0%, 11%)
LABlab(73.7 16.3 -25.6)
LCHlch(73.7 30.4 302.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.779 0.079 297.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bcade4;
background-color: #bcade4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bcade4] bg-[#bcade4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bcade4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.678, blue: 0.894)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bcade4")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bcade4 on white: 2.05:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bcade4 on black: 10.24:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green67.8%
Blue89.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.5%
Magenta24.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)10.6%

Color previews

#bcade4 text on a black background

contrast 10.24:1

Card sample

#bcade4 text on a white background

contrast 2.05:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bcade4;
Background color
Panel with #bcade4 background
background-color: #bcade4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bcade4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 173, 228, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 173, 228, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bcade4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcade4, #E1ADE4);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bcade4

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bcade4 in the Color Lab