#bcc4ea

Color #bcc4ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.9 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#bcc4ea

RGB

rgb(188, 196, 234)

HSL

hsl(229.6, 52.3%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.6, 19.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(79.68, 5.08, -19.73)

LCH

lch(79.68, 20.37, 284.44)

OKLCH

oklch(82.7%, 0.0541, 275.84)

HWB

hwb(229.6, 73.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae2bc

Analogous

#bcdbea

#bcc4ea

#cbbcea

Triadic

#bcc4ea

#eabcc4

#c4eabc

Split-complementary

#bcc4ea

#eacbbc

#dbeabc

Tetradic

#bcc4ea

#e2bcea

#eae2bc

#c4eabc

Square

#bcc4ea

#eabcdb

#eae2bc

#bceacb

Shades

Color #bcc4ea mixed toward black.

#8695d9

#5165c8

#3245a1

#222e6b

#111736

Tints

Color #bcc4ea mixed toward white.

#c7ceed

#d2d8f1

#dde1f4

#e9ebf8

#f4f5fb

Tones

Color #bcc4ea mixed toward gray.

#c0c6e6

#c4c9e2

#c7cbde

#cbcedb

#cfd0d7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0e2 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#bfbedf · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#bcdbd9 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcc4ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcc4ea]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#bcc4ea (#bcc4ea) is rgb(188, 196, 234) in RGB.

No, #bcc4ea 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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