#bec6e4

Color #bec6e4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.94 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bec6e4

RGB

rgb(190, 198, 228)

HSL

hsl(227.4, 41.3%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.4, 16.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(80.14, 3.33, -15.79)

LCH

lch(80.14, 16.14, 281.91)

OKLCH

oklch(83%, 0.0429, 273.61)

HWB

hwb(227.4, 74.5%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4dcbe

Analogous

#bed9e4

#bec6e4

#c9bee4

Triadic

#bec6e4

#e4bec6

#c6e4be

Split-complementary

#bec6e4

#e4c9be

#d9e4be

Tetradic

#bec6e4

#dcbee4

#e4dcbe

#c6e4be

Square

#bec6e4

#e4bed9

#e4dcbe

#bee4c9

Shades

Color #bec6e4 mixed toward black.

#8d9bd0

#5c70bb

#3d5094

#293562

#141b31

Tints

Color #bec6e4 mixed toward white.

#c9d0e9

#d4d9ed

#dfe3f2

#e9ecf6

#f4f6fb

Tones

Color #bec6e4 mixed toward gray.

#c1c8e1

#c4cade

#c8ccdb

#cbcdd7

#cecfd4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c2dd · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#c1c0dc · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#bed8d6 · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 12.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bec6e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bec6e4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#bec6e4 (#bec6e4) is rgb(190, 198, 228) in RGB.

No, #bec6e4 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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