#bcbed8

Color #bcbed8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.13 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbed8

RGB

rgb(188, 190, 216)

HSL

hsl(235.7, 26.4%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.7, 13%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(77.56, 4.45, -13.22)

LCH

lch(77.56, 13.95, 288.6)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.0365, 282.02)

HWB

hwb(235.7, 73.7%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8d6bc

Analogous

#bcccd8

#bcbed8

#c8bcd8

Triadic

#bcbed8

#d8bcbe

#bed8bc

Split-complementary

#bcbed8

#d8c8bc

#ccd8bc

Tetradic

#bcbed8

#d6bcd8

#d8d6bc

#bed8bc

Square

#bcbed8

#d8bccc

#d8d6bc

#bcd8c8

Shades

Color #bcbed8 mixed toward black.

#9195bf

#676ba6

#4a4e80

#323455

#191a2b

Tints

Color #bcbed8 mixed toward white.

#c7c9de

#d2d4e5

#dddeeb

#e9e9f2

#f4f4f8

Tones

Color #bcbed8 mixed toward gray.

#bec0d6

#c1c2d3

#c3c4d1

#c5c6cf

#c8c8cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdd2 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#bdbdd1 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#bccdcc · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbed8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbed8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bcbed8 (#bcbed8) is rgb(188, 190, 216) in RGB.

No, #bcbed8 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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