#bcb7e4

Color #bcb7e4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.4 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb7e4

RGB

rgb(188, 183, 228)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 45.5%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 19.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(76.17, 10.81, -21.82)

LCH

lch(76.17, 24.35, 296.35)

OKLCH

oklch(79.9%, 0.0633, 289.95)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 71.8%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfe4b7

Analogous

#b7c9e4

#bcb7e4

#d3b7e4

Triadic

#bcb7e4

#e4bcb7

#b7e4bc

Split-complementary

#bcb7e4

#e4d3b7

#c9e4b7

Tetradic

#bcb7e4

#e4b7df

#dfe4b7

#b7e4bc

Square

#bcb7e4

#e4b7c9

#dfe4b7

#b7e4d3

Shades

Color #bcb7e4 mixed toward black.

#8e85d1

#5f53bf

#423896

#2c2564

#161332

Tints

Color #bcb7e4 mixed toward white.

#c7c3e9

#d2cfed

#dedbf2

#e9e7f6

#f4f3fb

Tones

Color #bcb7e4 mixed toward gray.

#bfbbe0

#c2bfdd

#c5c2d9

#c8c6d5

#cbcad1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babada · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#babbd8 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#bcd2d0 · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 16.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb7e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb7e4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bcb7e4 (#bcb7e4) is rgb(188, 183, 228) in RGB.

No, #bcb7e4 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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