#bcb8ea

Color #bcb8ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.6 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb8ea

RGB

rgb(188, 184, 234)

HSL

hsl(244.8, 54.3%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.8, 21.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(76.63, 11.59, -24.36)

LCH

lch(76.63, 26.98, 295.44)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.0703, 288.33)

HWB

hwb(244.8, 72.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6eab8

Analogous

#b8cdea

#bcb8ea

#d5b8ea

Triadic

#bcb8ea

#eabcb8

#b8eabc

Split-complementary

#bcb8ea

#ead5b8

#cdeab8

Tetradic

#bcb8ea

#eab8e6

#e6eab8

#b8eabc

Square

#bcb8ea

#eab8cd

#e6eab8

#b8ead5

Shades

Color #bcb8ea mixed toward black.

#8982da

#574dca

#3930a1

#26206c

#131036

Tints

Color #bcb8ea mixed toward white.

#c7c4ee

#d2d0f1

#dedcf5

#e9e7f8

#f4f3fc

Tones

Color #bcb8ea mixed toward gray.

#c0bce6

#c3c0e2

#c7c5de

#cac9d9

#cecdd5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babadf · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#bbbbdd · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#bcd6d4 · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb8ea]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bcb8ea (#bcb8ea) is rgb(188, 184, 234) in RGB.

No, #bcb8ea 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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