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#BCACCB — Light Dusty Purple

#BCACCB is a purple color we call Light Dusty Purple, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BCACCB 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.

#BCACCB is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

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

#BCACCB · RGB 188, 172, 203

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Color values

HEX#BCACCB
RGB188, 172, 203
HSL271°, 23%, 74%
HSV271°, 15%, 80%
CMYK7%, 15%, 0%, 20%
XYZ46.27, 44.51, 62.65
Yxy44.51, 0.3016, 0.2901
CIE-Lab72.57, 11.58, -13.65
Hunter Lab66.71, 10.78, -13.10

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 67% · Blue 80%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BCACCB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCACCB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCACCB

.text { color: #BCACCB; }
.background { background-color: #BCACCB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCACCB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 172, 203); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(271, 23%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCACCB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 172, 203, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCACCB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 172, 203, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCACCB

#AB97BE#9A82B0#886CA3#765A90#644D7A#523F64#40314E#2E2338#1C1623#0A080D

Tints of #BCACCB

#C2B4D0#C7BAD4#CFC3DA#D4CADE#D9D0E2#DED6E5#E3DCE9#EBE6EF#F0ECF3#F5F2F7

Tones of #BCACCB

#BDAFCA#BDB2C7#BDB4C5#BDB6C3#BDB8C1#BDBBBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BCCCAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.12:1 Fails
Against black text9.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCACCB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCACCB

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BCACCB: ·

How #BCACCB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B5B5C3Deuteranopia · #B6B7C2Tritanopia · #BBBEBC

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette F2eae0
#F2EAE0 · #B4D3D9 · #BDA6CE · #9B8EC7
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #674188
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #7743DB
Palette 352f44
#352F44 · #5C5470 · #B9B4C7 · #FAF0E6
Palette F3e2d4
#F3E2D4 · #C5B0CD · #415E72 · #17313E
Burning Ruby Zephyr
#9ACAAD · #A5B3C4 · #BBA3C5 · #7C4B52

Similar colors

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

#BDA6CE#C3ACD0#B9B4C7#C5B0CD#BBA3C5#B5A5C6#B5A3CB#B5A3C8#C3AED6#C5B3D3#C7AED6#C8ACD6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCACCA  ·  #BCACCC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCACCB?

#BCACCB is Light Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 172, 203). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCACCB?

#BCACCB is RGB 188, 172, 203 — HSL 271°, 23%, 74% — CMYK 7%, 15%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #BCACCB?

Its complement is #BCCCAD; analogous partners are #AEADCC and #CCADCB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCACCB for text?

Black text on #BCACCB has a contrast ratio of 9.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.12:1.