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#BCACFD — Pale Vivid Blue

#BCACFD is a blue color we call Pale Vivid Blue, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #BCACFD 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.

#BCACFD is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ECFDAA; it also sits naturally between #AAC3FD and #E4AAFD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCACFD · RGB 188, 172, 253

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Color values

HEX#BCACFD
RGB188, 172, 253
HSL252°, 95%, 83%
HSV252°, 32%, 99%
CMYK26%, 32%, 0%, 1%
XYZ53.22, 47.29, 99.25
Yxy47.29, 0.2664, 0.2367
CIE-Lab74.37, 22.57, -38.10
Hunter Lab68.77, 21.82, -42.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 67% · Blue 99%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BCACFD

.text { color: #BCACFD; }
.background { background-color: #BCACFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCACFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 172, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(252, 95%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCACFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 172, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCACFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 172, 253, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCACFD

#9B83FC#7B5BFB#5B33FA#3B0BF9#3006DB#2705B3#1F048B#160363#0D023C#040114

Tints of #BCACFD

#BFAFFD#C7B9FD#CBBEFD#CFC3FD#D7CDFE#DBD2FE#DFD7FE#E3DCFE#EBE6FE#EFEBFE

Tones of #BCACFD

#BFB1F7#C2B6F1#C6BCEB#C9C2E5#CDC8DF#D0CEDA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECFDAA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.01:1 Fails
Against black text10.46:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCACFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCACFD

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 #BCACFD: ·

How #BCACFD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B5B5E9Deuteranopia · #B6B7E5Tritanopia · #BBDAD7

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:

Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Fff3da
#FFF3DA · #DFCCFB · #D0BFFF · #BEADFA
Palette Beadfa
#BEADFA · #D0BFFF · #DFCCFB · #FFF8C9
Palette 3a86ff
#3A86FF · #BDB2FF · #FFD6E0 · #FFF4F4
Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette Fdfdbd
#FDFDBD · #C8FFD4 · #B8E8FC · #B1AFFF
Palette Ffe9d0
#FFE9D0 · #FFFED3 · #BBE9FF · #B1AFFF

Similar colors

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

#BEADFA#BDB2FF#B8B5FF#B1AFFF#B2A5FF#B1B2FF#B2A4FF#B7B1F2#BCB3F1#BEB1EF#B7A5F0#B5BAFF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCACFC  ·  #BCACFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCACFD?

#BCACFD is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 188, 172, 253). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCACFD?

#BCACFD is RGB 188, 172, 253 — HSL 252°, 95%, 83% — CMYK 26%, 32%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BCACFD?

Its complement is #ECFDAA; analogous partners are #AAC3FD and #E4AAFD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCACFD for text?

Black text on #BCACFD has a contrast ratio of 10.46:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.01:1.