#bfbcd6

Color #bfbcd6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.9 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bfbcd6

RGB

rgb(191, 188, 214)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 24.1%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 12.1%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(77.22, 6.09, -12.63)

LCH

lch(77.22, 14.02, 295.74)

OKLCH

oklch(80.6%, 0.0365, 290.87)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 73.7%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3d6bc

Analogous

#bcc6d6

#bfbcd6

#ccbcd6

Triadic

#bfbcd6

#d6bfbc

#bcd6bf

Split-complementary

#bfbcd6

#d6ccbc

#c6d6bc

Tetradic

#bfbcd6

#d6bcd3

#d3d6bc

#bcd6bf

Square

#bfbcd6

#d6bcc6

#d3d6bc

#bcd6cc

Shades

Color #bfbcd6 mixed toward black.

#9792bd

#6f69a3

#524c7d

#373353

#1b192a

Tints

Color #bfbcd6 mixed toward white.

#cac7dd

#d4d2e4

#dfddea

#eae9f1

#f4f4f8

Tones

Color #bfbcd6 mixed toward gray.

#c1bed4

#c2c0d2

#c4c2cf

#c6c5cd

#c7c7cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebed0 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#bebecf · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#bfcbca · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bfbcd6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfbcd6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bfbcd6 (#bfbcd6) is rgb(191, 188, 214) in RGB.

No, #bfbcd6 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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