#bcbcde

Color #bcbcde

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.34 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbcde

RGB

rgb(188, 188, 222)

HSL

hsl(240, 34%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 15.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(77.24, 6.79, -16.95)

LCH

lch(77.24, 18.26, 291.83)

OKLCH

oklch(80.6%, 0.0477, 285.32)

HWB

hwb(240, 73.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dedebc

Analogous

#bccdde

#bcbcde

#cdbcde

Triadic

#bcbcde

#debcbc

#bcdebc

Split-complementary

#bcbcde

#decdbc

#cddebc

Tetradic

#bcbcde

#debcde

#dedebc

#bcdebc

Square

#bcbcde

#debccd

#dedebc

#bcdecd

Shades

Color #bcbcde mixed toward black.

#8e8ec7

#6060b1

#444489

#2d2d5c

#17172e

Tints

Color #bcbcde mixed toward white.

#c7c7e4

#d2d2e9

#dedeef

#e9e9f4

#f4f4fa

Tones

Color #bcbcde mixed toward gray.

#bfbfdb

#c2c2d8

#c5c5d6

#c7c7d3

#cacad0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcd6 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#bcbcd5 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#bcd0cf · ΔE 18.4

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbcde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbcde]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bcbcde (#bcbcde) is rgb(188, 188, 222) in RGB.

No, #bcbcde 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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