#bcbbd7

Color #bcbbd7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.46 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbbd7

RGB

rgb(188, 187, 215)

HSL

hsl(242.1, 25.9%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.1, 13%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(76.76, 5.86, -13.88)

LCH

lch(76.76, 15.07, 292.89)

OKLCH

oklch(80.2%, 0.0393, 287.19)

HWB

hwb(242.1, 73.3%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6d7bb

Analogous

#bbc8d7

#bcbbd7

#cabbd7

Triadic

#bcbbd7

#d7bcbb

#bbd7bc

Split-complementary

#bcbbd7

#d7cabb

#c8d7bb

Tetradic

#bcbbd7

#d7bbd6

#d6d7bb

#bbd7bc

Square

#bcbbd7

#d7bbc8

#d6d7bb

#bbd7ca

Shades

Color #bcbbd7 mixed toward black.

#9291be

#6967a5

#4c4a7e

#333254

#19192a

Tints

Color #bcbbd7 mixed toward white.

#c7c6de

#d2d2e4

#ddddeb

#e9e8f2

#f4f4f8

Tones

Color #bcbbd7 mixed toward gray.

#bebdd5

#c0c0d2

#c2c2d0

#c5c4ce

#c7c7cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcd1 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#bcbccf · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#bccbca · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbbd7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbbd7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bcbbd7 (#bcbbd7) is rgb(188, 187, 215) in RGB.

No, #bcbbd7 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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