#bcaeff

Color #bcaeff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.51 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bcaeff

RGB

rgb(188, 174, 255)

HSL

hsl(250.4, 100%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.4, 31.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(74.94, 21.93, -38.29)

LCH

lch(74.94, 44.13, 299.8)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.1141, 291.48)

HWB

hwb(250.4, 68.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1ffae

Analogous

#aec8ff

#bcaeff

#e5aeff

Triadic

#bcaeff

#ffbcae

#aeffbc

Split-complementary

#bcaeff

#ffe5ae

#c8ffae

Tetradic

#bcaeff

#ffaef1

#f1ffae

#aeffbc

Square

#bcaeff

#ffaec8

#f1ffae

#aeffe5

Shades

Color #bcaeff mixed toward black.

#8166ff

#461fff

#2500d6

#19008f

#0c0047

Tints

Color #bcaeff mixed toward white.

#c7bbff

#d2c9ff

#ddd6ff

#e9e4ff

#f4f1ff

Tones

Color #bcaeff mixed toward gray.

#c0b5f8

#c5bbf1

#c9c2eb

#cec9e4

#d2d0dd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6ef · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#b7b8eb · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#bbe1dd · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcaeff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcaeff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#bcaeff (#bcaeff) is rgb(188, 174, 255) in RGB.

No, #bcaeff 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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