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#BCACCC — Light Dusty Purple

#BCACCC 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 #BCACCC 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.

#BCACCC 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 #BDCDAD; it also sits naturally between #ADADCD and #CDADCD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCACCC · RGB 188, 172, 204

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Color values

HEX#BCACCC
RGB188, 172, 204
HSL270°, 24%, 74%
HSV270°, 16%, 80%
CMYK8%, 16%, 0%, 20%
XYZ46.39, 44.56, 63.28
Yxy44.56, 0.3008, 0.2889
CIE-Lab72.60, 11.78, -14.15
Hunter Lab66.75, 10.98, -13.62

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 67% · Blue 80%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 16% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BCACCC

.text { color: #BCACCC; }
.background { background-color: #BCACCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCACCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 172, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(270, 24%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCACCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 172, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCACCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 172, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCACCC

#AB97BF#9981B1#876AA4#755991#634C7B#523E65#40304F#2E2339#1C1523#0A080D

Tints of #BCACCC

#C2B3D0#C7B9D4#CFC3DA#D4C9DE#D9D0E2#DED6E6#E3DCEA#EBE6EF#F0ECF3#F5F2F7

Tones of #BCACCC

#BDAFCB#BDB1C8#BDB3C6#BDB6C3#BDB8C1#BDBBBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDCDAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.12:1 Fails
Against black text9.91:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCACCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCACCC

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 #BCACCC: ·

How #BCACCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B5B5C4Deuteranopia · #B6B7C2Tritanopia · #BBBEBD

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 #BCACCC rather than the exact color:

Palette F2eae0
#F2EAE0 · #B4D3D9 · #BDA6CE · #9B8EC7
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #674188
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #7743DB
Palette F3e2d4
#F3E2D4 · #C5B0CD · #415E72 · #17313E
Palette 352f44
#352F44 · #5C5470 · #B9B4C7 · #FAF0E6
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#C5B0CD#B9B4C7#BBA3C5#B5A3CB#B5A5C6#B5A3C8#C3AED6#C5B3D3#C7AED6#C8ACD6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCACCB  ·  #BCACCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCACCC?

#BCACCC is Light Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 172, 204). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCACCC?

#BCACCC is RGB 188, 172, 204 — HSL 270°, 24%, 74% — CMYK 8%, 16%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #BCACCC?

Its complement is #BDCDAD; analogous partners are #ADADCD and #CDADCD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCACCC for text?

Black text on #BCACCC has a contrast ratio of 9.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.12:1.