#bcbdca

Color #bcbdca

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbdca

RGB

rgb(188, 189, 202)

HSL

hsl(235.7, 11.7%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.7, 6.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(76.89, 2.14, -6.65)

LCH

lch(76.89, 6.99, 287.84)

OKLCH

oklch(80.2%, 0.0182, 282.36)

HWB

hwb(235.7, 73.7%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cac9bc

Analogous

#bcc4ca

#bcbdca

#c2bcca

Triadic

#bcbdca

#cabcbd

#bdcabc

Split-complementary

#bcbdca

#cac2bc

#c4cabc

Tetradic

#bcbdca

#c9bcca

#cac9bc

#bdcabc

Square

#bcbdca

#cabcc4

#cac9bc

#bccac2

Shades

Color #bcbdca mixed toward black.

#9899ad

#737691

#56586d

#393b49

#1d1d24

Tints

Color #bcbdca mixed toward white.

#c7c8d3

#d2d3dc

#dedee5

#e9e9ed

#f4f4f6

Tones

Color #bcbdca mixed toward gray.

#bdbec9

#bebfc8

#c0c0c7

#c1c1c5

#c2c2c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcc7 · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#bcbcc6 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#bcc5c4 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 6.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbdca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbdca]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bcbdca (#bcbdca) is rgb(188, 189, 202) in RGB.

No, #bcbdca 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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