#bec4dc

Color #bec4dc

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.84 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#bec4dc

RGB

rgb(190, 196, 220)

HSL

hsl(228, 30%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 13.6%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(79.38, 2.71, -12.64)

LCH

lch(79.38, 12.93, 282.1)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.0342, 274.53)

HWB

hwb(228, 74.5%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcd6be

Analogous

#bed3dc

#bec4dc

#c7bedc

Triadic

#bec4dc

#dcbec4

#c4dcbe

Split-complementary

#bec4dc

#dcc7be

#d3dcbe

Tetradic

#bec4dc

#d6bedc

#dcd6be

#c4dcbe

Square

#bec4dc

#dcbed3

#dcd6be

#bedcc7

Shades

Color #bec4dc mixed toward black.

#929cc4

#6573ac

#485485

#303859

#181c2c

Tints

Color #bec4dc mixed toward white.

#c9cee2

#d4d8e8

#dfe2ee

#e9ebf3

#f4f5f9

Tones

Color #bec4dc mixed toward gray.

#c1c6da

#c3c7d7

#c6c9d5

#c8cad2

#cbccd0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1d7 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#c0c0d5 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#bed2d1 · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 10.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bec4dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bec4dc]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#bec4dc (#bec4dc) is rgb(190, 196, 220) in RGB.

No, #bec4dc 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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