All About Color Beau Blue

#BCD4E6

Beau Blue is a soft, pastel blue, light and airy, like a clear sky on a spring morning. It's a gentle and calming color, perfect for creating a serene and peaceful environment.

About Beau Blue

Beau Blue is a very light blue color with the hex code #BCD4E6. In RGB it is red 188, green 212, blue 230; in HSL it is hue 206°, saturation 46%, lightness 82%; in CMYK it is 18%, 8%, 0%, 10%. Its contrast ratio is 1.53:1 on white and 13.70:1 on black.

#BCD4E6 Color Conversion

Hex tripletBC, D4, E6
CMYK18.26%, 7.83%, 0.00%, 9.80%
RGB Decimal188, 212, 230
HSL206°, 46%, 82%
RGB Octal274, 324, 346
HSV (HSB)205.71°, 18.26%, 90.20%
RGB Binary10111100, 11010100, 11100110
CIE-L*AB83.70, -4.27, -11.56
RGB Percent73.73%, 83.14%, 90.20%
CIE-L*CH83.70, 12.32, 249.72
XYZ58.57, 63.49, 84.03
CIE-L*UV83.70, -13.44, -17.30
xyY0.28, 0.31, 63.49
Hunter-Lab79.68, -8.25, -6.75
RYB73.73%, 79.71%, 90.20%

Color Accessibility Scores

#BCD4E6 on a dark background: contrast 13.70:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#BCD4E6 on a light background: contrast 1.53:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Beau Blue, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Beau Blue. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#BCD4E6 · #ECF3F8 · #79A9CD · #E6CEBC · #F8F1EC

Analogous palette

#BCE6CE · #BCE6E3 · #BCD4E6 · #BCBFE6 · #CEBCE6

Triadic palette

#BCD4E6 · #E6BCD4 · #D4E6BC · #ECF3F8 · #F8ECF3

Tetradic palette

#BCD4E6 · #E3BCE6 · #E6CEBC · #BFE6BC · #79A9CD

Monochromatic palette

#4C8CBD · #84B0D2 · #BCD4E6 · #ECF3F8 · #ECF3F8

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