Palettes / Colors / #BCA4E9

#BCA4E9 — Light Purple

#BCA4E9 is a purple color we call Light Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #BCA4E9 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BCA4E9 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D1E9A5; it also sits naturally between #A5AFE9 and #DFA5E9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 64% · Blue 91%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 0% · Key 9%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BCA4E9

.text { color: #BCA4E9; }
.background { background-color: #BCA4E9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCA4E9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 164, 233); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(261, 61%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCA4E9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 164, 233, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCA4E9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 164, 233, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCA4E9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCA4E9">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #D1E9A5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCA4E9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCA4E9

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BCA4E9 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCA4E9 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCA4E9?

#BCA4E9 is Light Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 164, 233). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCA4E9?

#BCA4E9 is RGB 188, 164, 233 — HSL 261°, 61%, 78% — CMYK 19%, 30%, 0%, 9%.

What colors go with #BCA4E9?

Its complement is #D1E9A5; analogous partners are #A5AFE9 and #DFA5E9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCA4E9 for text?

Black text on #BCA4E9 has a contrast ratio of 9.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.18:1.