#bcbdce

Color #bcbdce

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.94 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbdce

RGB

rgb(188, 189, 206)

HSL

hsl(236.7, 15.5%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.7, 8.7%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(77.01, 2.94, -8.64)

LCH

lch(77.01, 9.13, 288.79)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.0238, 283.1)

HWB

hwb(236.7, 73.7%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cecdbc

Analogous

#bcc6ce

#bcbdce

#c4bcce

Triadic

#bcbdce

#cebcbd

#bdcebc

Split-complementary

#bcbdce

#cec4bc

#c6cebc

Tetradic

#bcbdce

#cdbcce

#cecdbc

#bdcebc

Square

#bcbdce

#cebcc6

#cecdbc

#bccec4

Shades

Color #bcbdce mixed toward black.

#9698b2

#707297

#535572

#38394c

#1c1c26

Tints

Color #bcbdce mixed toward white.

#c7c8d6

#d2d3de

#dedee7

#e9e9ef

#f4f4f7

Tones

Color #bcbdce mixed toward gray.

#bebecd

#bfc0cb

#c1c1ca

#c2c2c8

#c4c4c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcca · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#bcbcc9 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#bcc7c6 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbdce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbdce]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bcbdce (#bcbdce) is rgb(188, 189, 206) in RGB.

No, #bcbdce 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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