#bcb6e4

Color #bcb6e4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.75 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb6e4

RGB

rgb(188, 182, 228)

HSL

hsl(247.8, 46%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.8, 20.2%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(75.91, 11.36, -22.2)

LCH

lch(75.91, 24.94, 297.1)

OKLCH

oklch(79.7%, 0.0649, 290.87)

HWB

hwb(247.8, 71.4%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dee4b6

Analogous

#b6c7e4

#bcb6e4

#d3b6e4

Triadic

#bcb6e4

#e4bcb6

#b6e4bc

Split-complementary

#bcb6e4

#e4d3b6

#c7e4b6

Tetradic

#bcb6e4

#e4b6de

#dee4b6

#b6e4bc

Square

#bcb6e4

#e4b6c7

#dee4b6

#b6e4d3

Shades

Color #bcb6e4 mixed toward black.

#8e84d2

#6052bf

#443796

#2d2564

#171232

Tints

Color #bcb6e4 mixed toward white.

#c7c2e9

#d2ceed

#dedbf2

#e9e7f6

#f4f3fb

Tones

Color #bcb6e4 mixed toward gray.

#bfbae0

#c2bedc

#c5c2d9

#c7c5d5

#cac9d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9da · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#babad8 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#bcd2d0 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb6e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb6e4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bcb6e4 (#bcb6e4) is rgb(188, 182, 228) in RGB.

No, #bcb6e4 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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