#bcbde6

Color #bcbde6

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.68 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbde6

RGB

rgb(188, 189, 230)

HSL

hsl(238.6, 45.7%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.6, 18.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(77.76, 7.98, -20.49)

LCH

lch(77.76, 21.99, 291.28)

OKLCH

oklch(81.1%, 0.0575, 283.99)

HWB

hwb(238.6, 73.7%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6e5bc

Analogous

#bcd2e6

#bcbde6

#d0bce6

Triadic

#bcbde6

#e6bcbd

#bde6bc

Split-complementary

#bcbde6

#e6d0bc

#d2e6bc

Tetradic

#bcbde6

#e5bce6

#e6e5bc

#bde6bc

Square

#bcbde6

#e6bcd2

#e6e5bc

#bce6d0

Shades

Color #bcbde6 mixed toward black.

#898bd3

#5759c0

#393b98

#262766

#131433

Tints

Color #bcbde6 mixed toward white.

#c7c8ea

#d2d3ee

#dedef3

#e9e9f7

#f4f4fb

Tones

Color #bcbde6 mixed toward gray.

#c0c0e3

#c3c4df

#c7c7dc

#cacad8

#ceced5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcdd · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#bcbcdb · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#bcd6d4 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbde6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbde6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bcbde6 (#bcbde6) is rgb(188, 189, 230) in RGB.

No, #bcbde6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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