#bfc5de

Color #bfc5de

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.86 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bfc5de

RGB

rgb(191, 197, 222)

HSL

hsl(228.4, 32%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.4, 14%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(79.77, 2.91, -13.12)

LCH

lch(79.77, 13.44, 282.51)

OKLCH

oklch(82.7%, 0.0356, 274.83)

HWB

hwb(228.4, 74.9%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ded8bf

Analogous

#bfd5de

#bfc5de

#c9bfde

Triadic

#bfc5de

#debfc5

#c5debf

Split-complementary

#bfc5de

#dec9bf

#d5debf

Tetradic

#bfc5de

#d8bfde

#ded8bf

#c5debf

Square

#bfc5de

#debfd5

#ded8bf

#bfdec9

Shades

Color #bfc5de mixed toward black.

#929cc7

#6473af

#465388

#2f375b

#171c2d

Tints

Color #bfc5de mixed toward white.

#cacfe4

#d4d8e9

#dfe2ef

#eaecf4

#f4f5fa

Tones

Color #bfc5de mixed toward gray.

#c2c7db

#c4c8d9

#c7cad6

#c9cbd4

#cccdd1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c2d8 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#c1c1d7 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#bfd4d3 · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 10.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bfc5de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfc5de]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#bfc5de (#bfc5de) is rgb(191, 197, 222) in RGB.

No, #bfc5de 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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