#bbb8ea

Color #bbb8ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.73 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb8ea

RGB

rgb(187, 184, 234)

HSL

hsl(243.6, 54.3%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.6, 21.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(76.55, 11.28, -24.49)

LCH

lch(76.55, 26.96, 294.73)

OKLCH

oklch(80.2%, 0.0702, 287.48)

HWB

hwb(243.6, 72.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7eab8

Analogous

#b8ceea

#bbb8ea

#d4b8ea

Triadic

#bbb8ea

#eabbb8

#b8eabb

Split-complementary

#bbb8ea

#ead4b8

#ceeab8

Tetradic

#bbb8ea

#eab8e7

#e7eab8

#b8eabb

Square

#bbb8ea

#eab8ce

#e7eab8

#b8ead4

Shades

Color #bbb8ea mixed toward black.

#8882da

#544dca

#3730a1

#24206c

#121036

Tints

Color #bbb8ea mixed toward white.

#c6c4ee

#d2d0f1

#dddcf5

#e8e7f8

#f4f3fc

Tones

Color #bbb8ea mixed toward gray.

#bfbce6

#c2c0e2

#c6c5de

#cac9d9

#cdcdd5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babadf · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#babadd · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#bbd6d4 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb8ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bbb8ea (#bbb8ea) is rgb(187, 184, 234) in RGB.

No, #bbb8ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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