#bcb7dc

Color #bcb7dc

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.47 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb7dc

RGB

rgb(188, 183, 220)

HSL

hsl(248.1, 34.6%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.1, 16.8%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(75.9, 9.08, -17.89)

LCH

lch(75.9, 20.06, 296.91)

OKLCH

oklch(79.6%, 0.0522, 291.35)

HWB

hwb(248.1, 71.8%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7dcb7

Analogous

#b7c4dc

#bcb7dc

#ceb7dc

Triadic

#bcb7dc

#dcbcb7

#b7dcbc

Split-complementary

#bcb7dc

#dcceb7

#c4dcb7

Tetradic

#bcb7dc

#dcb7d7

#d7dcb7

#b7dcbc

Square

#bcb7dc

#dcb7c4

#d7dcb7

#b7dcce

Shades

Color #bcb7dc mixed toward black.

#928ac6

#685db0

#4b4288

#322c5a

#19162d

Tints

Color #bcb7dc mixed toward white.

#c7c3e2

#d2cfe8

#dddbed

#e9e7f3

#f4f3f9

Tones

Color #bcb7dc mixed toward gray.

#bebad9

#c0bdd6

#c3c0d3

#c5c3d0

#c7c6cd

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

#babad4 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#babbd2 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#bccdcc · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb7dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb7dc]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bcb7dc (#bcb7dc) is rgb(188, 183, 220) in RGB.

No, #bcb7dc 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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