#bcbad0

Color #bcbad0

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbad0

RGB

rgb(188, 186, 208)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 19%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 10.6%, 81.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)

LAB

lab(76.29, 4.96, -10.79)

LCH

lch(76.29, 11.88, 294.69)

OKLCH

oklch(79.7%, 0.0308, 289.9)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 72.9%, 18.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ced0ba

Analogous

#bac3d0

#bcbad0

#c7bad0

Triadic

#bcbad0

#d0bcba

#bad0bc

Split-complementary

#bcbad0

#d0c7ba

#c3d0ba

Tetradic

#bcbad0

#d0bace

#ced0ba

#bad0bc

Square

#bcbad0

#d0bac3

#ced0ba

#bad0c7

Shades

Color #bcbad0 mixed toward black.

#9693b6

#706c9b

#535075

#38354e

#1c1b27

Tints

Color #bcbad0 mixed toward white.

#c7c6d8

#d2d1e0

#dedde8

#e9e8ef

#f4f4f7

Tones

Color #bcbad0 mixed toward gray.

#bebcce

#bfbecc

#c1c0cb

#c2c1c9

#c4c3c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbcb · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#bbbbca · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#bcc7c6 · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 10.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbad0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbad0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bcbad0 (#bcbad0) is rgb(188, 186, 208) in RGB.

No, #bcbad0 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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