#bcadea

Color #bcadea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.3 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bcadea

RGB

rgb(188, 173, 234)

HSL

hsl(254.8, 59.2%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.8, 26.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(73.88, 17.63, -28.57)

LCH

lch(73.88, 33.57, 301.68)

OKLCH

oklch(78.2%, 0.087, 295.59)

HWB

hwb(254.8, 67.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbeaad

Analogous

#adbcea

#bcadea

#dbadea

Triadic

#bcadea

#eabcad

#adeabc

Split-complementary

#bcadea

#eadbad

#bceaad

Tetradic

#bcadea

#eaaddb

#dbeaad

#adeabc

Square

#bcadea

#eaadbc

#dbeaad

#adeadb

Shades

Color #bcadea mixed toward black.

#9077dc

#6441ce

#472aa2

#2f1c6c

#180e36

Tints

Color #bcadea mixed toward white.

#c7bbed

#d2c8f1

#ded6f4

#e9e4f8

#f4f1fb

Tones

Color #bcadea mixed toward gray.

#bfb2e5

#c1b7e0

#c4bcdb

#c6c1d6

#c9c6d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6dd · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#b7b8da · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#bbd2d0 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcadea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcadea]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#bcadea (#bcadea) is rgb(188, 173, 234) in RGB.

No, #bcadea is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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