#bab4eb

Color #bab4eb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bab4eb

RGB

rgb(186, 180, 235)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 57.9%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 23.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(75.5, 13.39, -26.64)

LCH

lch(75.5, 29.82, 296.69)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.0776, 289.51)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 70.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ebb4

Analogous

#b4caeb

#bab4eb

#d6b4eb

Triadic

#bab4eb

#ebbab4

#b4ebba

Split-complementary

#bab4eb

#ebd6b4

#caebb4

Tetradic

#bab4eb

#ebb4e5

#e5ebb4

#b4ebba

Square

#bab4eb

#ebb4ca

#e5ebb4

#b4ebd6

Shades

Color #bab4eb mixed toward black.

#887ddc

#5547ce

#392ca4

#261d6d

#130f37

Tints

Color #bab4eb mixed toward white.

#c6c1ee

#d1cdf2

#dddaf5

#e8e6f8

#f4f3fc

Tones

Color #bab4eb mixed toward gray.

#beb9e6

#c1bde2

#c5c2dd

#c8c6d9

#cccbd4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7df · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#b8b8dc · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#bad5d3 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bab4eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bab4eb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bab4eb (#bab4eb) is rgb(186, 180, 235) in RGB.

No, #bab4eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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