#bcb6fa

Color #bcb6fa

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb6fa

RGB

rgb(188, 182, 250)

HSL

hsl(245.3, 87.2%, 84.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.3, 27.2%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 27.2%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(76.71, 16.34, -32.86)

LCH

lch(76.71, 36.7, 296.44)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.0954, 288.07)

HWB

hwb(245.3, 71.4%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f4fab6

Analogous

#b6d2fa

#bcb6fa

#deb6fa

Triadic

#bcb6fa

#fabcb6

#b6fabc

Split-complementary

#bcb6fa

#fadeb6

#d2fab6

Tetradic

#bcb6fa

#fab6f4

#f4fab6

#b6fabc

Square

#bcb6fa

#fab6d2

#f4fab6

#b6fade

Shades

Color #bcb6fa mixed toward black.

#7e73f5

#402ff1

#1e0eca

#140987

#0a0543

Tints

Color #bcb6fa mixed toward white.

#c7c2fb

#d2cefc

#dddafd

#e9e7fd

#f4f3fe

Tones

Color #bcb6fa mixed toward gray.

#c1bcf4

#c5c1ef

#cac7e9

#cfcde3

#d3d2de

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9ec · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#babae8 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#bce0dd · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb6fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb6fa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bcb6fa (#bcb6fa) is rgb(188, 182, 250) in RGB.

No, #bcb6fa 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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