#bcb4ee

Color #bcb4ee

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.94 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb4ee

RGB

rgb(188, 180, 238)

HSL

hsl(248.3, 63%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.3, 24.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(75.77, 14.68, -27.84)

LCH

lch(75.77, 31.47, 297.8)

OKLCH

oklch(79.7%, 0.0818, 290.7)

HWB

hwb(248.3, 70.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6eeb4

Analogous

#b4c9ee

#bcb4ee

#d9b4ee

Triadic

#bcb4ee

#eebcb4

#b4eebc

Split-complementary

#bcb4ee

#eed9b4

#c9eeb4

Tetradic

#bcb4ee

#eeb4e6

#e6eeb4

#b4eebc

Square

#bcb4ee

#eeb4c9

#e6eeb4

#b4eed9

Shades

Color #bcb4ee mixed toward black.

#897be1

#5743d4

#3927aa

#261a72

#130d39

Tints

Color #bcb4ee mixed toward white.

#c7c1f1

#d2cdf4

#dedaf7

#e9e6f9

#f4f3fc

Tones

Color #bcb4ee mixed toward gray.

#c0b9e9

#c3bee4

#c7c3e0

#cac7db

#ceccd6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9e2 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#b9badf · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#bcd7d5 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb4ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb4ee]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bcb4ee (#bcb4ee) is rgb(188, 180, 238) in RGB.

No, #bcb4ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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