#bab8ee

Color #bab8ee

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 17.48 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bab8ee

RGB

rgb(186, 184, 238)

HSL

hsl(242.2, 61.4%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.2, 22.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(76.61, 11.88, -26.56)

LCH

lch(76.61, 29.1, 294.1)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.0759, 286.21)

HWB

hwb(242.2, 72.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eceeb8

Analogous

#b8d1ee

#bab8ee

#d5b8ee

Triadic

#bab8ee

#eebab8

#b8eeba

Split-complementary

#bab8ee

#eed5b8

#d1eeb8

Tetradic

#bab8ee

#eeb8ec

#eceeb8

#b8eeba

Square

#bab8ee

#eeb8d1

#eceeb8

#b8eed5

Shades

Color #bab8ee mixed toward black.

#837fe0

#4b46d3

#2d29aa

#1e1b71

#0f0e39

Tints

Color #bab8ee mixed toward white.

#c5c4f1

#d1d0f4

#dcdbf6

#e8e7f9

#f3f3fc

Tones

Color #bab8ee mixed toward gray.

#bebce9

#c2c1e5

#c6c5e0

#cbcadc

#cfced7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9e2 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#b9b9e0 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#bad9d7 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bab8ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bab8ee]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bab8ee (#bab8ee) is rgb(186, 184, 238) in RGB.

No, #bab8ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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