#bcb3ea

Color #bcb3ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 17.72 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb3ea

RGB

rgb(188, 179, 234)

HSL

hsl(249.8, 56.7%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.8, 23.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(75.37, 14.33, -26.28)

LCH

lch(75.37, 29.93, 298.6)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0777, 292.01)

HWB

hwb(249.8, 70.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1eab3

Analogous

#b3c6ea

#bcb3ea

#d8b3ea

Triadic

#bcb3ea

#eabcb3

#b3eabc

Split-complementary

#bcb3ea

#ead8b3

#c6eab3

Tetradic

#bcb3ea

#eab3e1

#e1eab3

#b3eabc

Square

#bcb3ea

#eab3c6

#e1eab3

#b3ead8

Shades

Color #bcb3ea mixed toward black.

#8c7ddb

#5d47cc

#402da2

#2b1e6c

#150f36

Tints

Color #bcb3ea mixed toward white.

#c7c0ee

#d2ccf1

#ded9f5

#e9e6f8

#f4f2fc

Tones

Color #bcb3ea mixed toward gray.

#bfb8e5

#c2bce1

#c5c1dc

#c8c5d8

#cbcad3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8de · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#b9b9db · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#bcd4d2 · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb3ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb3ea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bcb3ea (#bcb3ea) is rgb(188, 179, 234) in RGB.

No, #bcb3ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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