#bec5da

Color #bec5da

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.1 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bec5da

RGB

rgb(190, 197, 218)

HSL

hsl(225, 27.5%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 12.8%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(79.58, 1.76, -11.27)

LCH

lch(79.58, 11.41, 278.88)

OKLCH

oklch(82.5%, 0.0304, 270.94)

HWB

hwb(225, 74.5%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dad3be

Analogous

#bed3da

#bec5da

#c5beda

Triadic

#bec5da

#dabec5

#c5dabe

Split-complementary

#bec5da

#dac5be

#d3dabe

Tetradic

#bec5da

#d3beda

#dad3be

#c5dabe

Square

#bec5da

#dabed3

#dad3be

#bedac5

Shades

Color #bec5da mixed toward black.

#939ec1

#6778a9

#4a5882

#313b57

#191d2b

Tints

Color #bec5da mixed toward white.

#c9cfe0

#d4d8e6

#dee2ed

#e9ecf3

#f4f5f9

Tones

Color #bec5da mixed toward gray.

#c0c6d8

#c3c7d5

#c5c8d3

#c7cad1

#cacbce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1d5 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#c1c0d4 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#bed1d0 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bec5da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bec5da]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bec5da (#bec5da) is rgb(190, 197, 218) in RGB.

No, #bec5da 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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