#bcb0e5

Color #bcb0e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.82 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb0e5

RGB

rgb(188, 176, 229)

HSL

hsl(253.6, 50.5%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.6, 23.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(74.44, 14.87, -24.99)

LCH

lch(74.44, 29.08, 300.75)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0755, 295)

HWB

hwb(253.6, 69%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9e5b0

Analogous

#b0bee5

#bcb0e5

#d6b0e5

Triadic

#bcb0e5

#e5bcb0

#b0e5bc

Split-complementary

#bcb0e5

#e5d6b0

#bee5b0

Tetradic

#bcb0e5

#e5b0d9

#d9e5b0

#b0e5bc

Square

#bcb0e5

#e5b0be

#d9e5b0

#b0e5d6

Shades

Color #bcb0e5 mixed toward black.

#917dd4

#664ac4

#493298

#312166

#181133

Tints

Color #bcb0e5 mixed toward white.

#c7bde9

#d2caee

#ddd7f2

#e9e5f6

#f4f2fb

Tones

Color #bcb0e5 mixed toward gray.

#beb4e1

#c1b9dc

#c3bdd8

#c6c2d3

#c8c6cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7da · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#b8b9d7 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#bbd0ce · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 18.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb0e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb0e5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#bcb0e5 (#bcb0e5) is rgb(188, 176, 229) in RGB.

No, #bcb0e5 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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