#bab8e4

Color #bab8e4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.88 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bab8e4

RGB

rgb(186, 184, 228)

HSL

hsl(242.7, 44.9%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.7, 19.3%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(76.27, 9.64, -21.68)

LCH

lch(76.27, 23.73, 293.97)

OKLCH

oklch(79.9%, 0.0619, 287)

HWB

hwb(242.7, 72.2%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e4b8

Analogous

#b8cce4

#bab8e4

#d0b8e4

Triadic

#bab8e4

#e4bab8

#b8e4ba

Split-complementary

#bab8e4

#e4d0b8

#cce4b8

Tetradic

#bab8e4

#e4b8e2

#e2e4b8

#b8e4ba

Square

#bab8e4

#e4b8cc

#e2e4b8

#b8e4d0

Shades

Color #bab8e4 mixed toward black.

#8a86d1

#5955be

#3d3995

#292664

#141332

Tints

Color #bab8e4 mixed toward white.

#c6c4e9

#d1d0ed

#dddcf2

#e8e7f6

#f4f3fb

Tones

Color #bab8e4 mixed toward gray.

#bdbce0

#c1bfdd

#c4c3d9

#c7c7d5

#cbcad2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9da · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#b9b9d8 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#bad2d1 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 16.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bab8e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bab8e4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bab8e4 (#bab8e4) is rgb(186, 184, 228) in RGB.

No, #bab8e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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