Information about #BCBED2 color

#BCBED2 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #BCBED2 belongs to the Blue Color Family, featuring Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(188, 190, 210) (73.7% red, 74.5% green, 82.4% blue), or CMYK 9 / 8 / 0 / 18 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A calm, restrained deep-sea blue, #BCBED2 appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Poet (#C0BCD4). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Blue Haze (#BDBACE) and Lavender Grey (#BDBBD7).

The recipe behind #BCBED2 is rgb(188, 190, 210), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #BCBED2 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.8:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#BCBED2 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BCBED2 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BCBED2

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Oxygen color link
Oxygen

#BBC6D5

Heartbreaker color link
Heartbreaker

#C1C2DA

Soft Violet color link
Soft Violet

#BBB5D8

Breathless color link
Breathless

#C1C8D2

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Serendipity color link
Serendipity

#B1B9D3

Alaska color link
Alaska

#B2B9CD

#BCBED2 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BCBED2
  • RGB188, 190, 210
  • CMYK9, 8, 0, 18
  • CSSrgb(188, 190, 210)
  • HSL235°, 20%, 78%
  • HSL Precise234.545°, 19.643%, 78.039%
  • HSV235°, 10%, 82%
  • HSB235°, 10%, 82%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.824
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.745, 0.824)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.745, 0.824, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.745, 0.824)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB74.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB82.4%
  • Color Family (Hue)Blue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBCBED2
  • DECIMAL ID12369618
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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