#bcbcea

Color #bcbcea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.15 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbcea

RGB

rgb(188, 188, 234)

HSL

hsl(240, 52.3%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 19.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(77.64, 9.41, -22.82)

LCH

lch(77.64, 24.68, 292.41)

OKLCH

oklch(81.1%, 0.0646, 284.9)

HWB

hwb(240, 73.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaeabc

Analogous

#bcd3ea

#bcbcea

#d3bcea

Triadic

#bcbcea

#eabcbc

#bceabc

Split-complementary

#bcbcea

#ead3bc

#d3eabc

Tetradic

#bcbcea

#eabcea

#eaeabc

#bceabc

Square

#bcbcea

#eabcd3

#eaeabc

#bcead3

Shades

Color #bcbcea mixed toward black.

#8686d9

#5151c8

#3232a1

#22226b

#111136

Tints

Color #bcbcea mixed toward white.

#c7c7ed

#d2d2f1

#ddddf4

#e9e9f8

#f4f4fb

Tones

Color #bcbcea mixed toward gray.

#c0c0e6

#c4c4e2

#c7c7de

#cbcbdb

#cfcfd7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbce0 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#bcbcde · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#bcd8d6 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbcea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbcea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bcbcea (#bcbcea) is rgb(188, 188, 234) in RGB.

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

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