#bcc5ed

Color #bcc5ed

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.71 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bcc5ed

RGB

rgb(188, 197, 237)

HSL

hsl(229, 57.6%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229, 20.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(80.03, 5.21, -20.8)

LCH

lch(80.03, 21.44, 284.06)

OKLCH

oklch(83%, 0.057, 275.13)

HWB

hwb(229, 73.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ede4bc

Analogous

#bcdded

#bcc5ed

#cbbced

Triadic

#bcc5ed

#edbcc5

#c5edbc

Split-complementary

#bcc5ed

#edcbbc

#ddedbc

Tetradic

#bcc5ed

#e4bced

#ede4bc

#c5edbc

Square

#bcc5ed

#edbcdd

#ede4bc

#bcedcb

Shades

Color #bcc5ed mixed toward black.

#8495de

#4c64cf

#2d43a7

#1e2d70

#0f1638

Tints

Color #bcc5ed mixed toward white.

#c7cff0

#d2d8f3

#dde2f6

#e9ecf9

#f4f5fc

Tones

Color #bcc5ed mixed toward gray.

#c0c7e9

#c4cae5

#c8cde1

#cccfdd

#d0d2d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0e4 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#bfbfe2 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#bcdddb · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcc5ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcc5ed]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#bcc5ed (#bcc5ed) is rgb(188, 197, 237) in RGB.

No, #bcc5ed 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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