#bbade6

Color #bbade6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.79 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bbade6

RGB

rgb(187, 173, 230)

HSL

hsl(254.7, 53.3%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.7, 24.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(73.65, 16.43, -26.75)

LCH

lch(73.65, 31.39, 301.56)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.0814, 295.71)

HWB

hwb(254.7, 67.8%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8e6ad

Analogous

#adbbe6

#bbade6

#d7ade6

Triadic

#bbade6

#e6bbad

#ade6bb

Split-complementary

#bbade6

#e6d7ad

#bbe6ad

Tetradic

#bbade6

#e6add8

#d8e6ad

#ade6bb

Square

#bbade6

#e6adbb

#d8e6ad

#ade6d7

Shades

Color #bbade6 mixed toward black.

#9079d6

#6546c7

#492f9a

#311f67

#181033

Tints

Color #bbade6 mixed toward white.

#c6bbea

#d2c8ee

#ddd6f2

#e8e4f7

#f4f1fb

Tones

Color #bbade6 mixed toward gray.

#bdb2e1

#c0b6dc

#c2bbd8

#c5c0d3

#c7c5ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5da · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#b6b7d7 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#bad0ce · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbade6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbade6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#bbade6 (#bbade6) is rgb(187, 173, 230) in RGB.

No, #bbade6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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