#bab3d7

Color #bab3d7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.37 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bab3d7

RGB

rgb(186, 179, 215)

HSL

hsl(251.7, 31%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.7, 16.7%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(74.56, 9.56, -17.21)

LCH

lch(74.56, 19.69, 299.05)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0512, 294.11)

HWB

hwb(251.7, 70.2%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d0d7b3

Analogous

#b3bed7

#bab3d7

#ccb3d7

Triadic

#bab3d7

#d7bab3

#b3d7ba

Split-complementary

#bab3d7

#d7ccb3

#bed7b3

Tetradic

#bab3d7

#d7b3d0

#d0d7b3

#b3d7ba

Square

#bab3d7

#d7b3be

#d0d7b3

#b3d7cc

Shades

Color #bab3d7 mixed toward black.

#9388c0

#6c5daa

#504481

#352d56

#1b172b

Tints

Color #bab3d7 mixed toward white.

#c6c0de

#d1cce4

#ddd9eb

#e8e6f2

#f4f2f8

Tones

Color #bab3d7 mixed toward gray.

#bcb6d4

#beb9d1

#c0bcce

#c1bfcb

#c3c2c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7cf · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#b7b8cd · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#bac8c7 · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bab3d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bab3d7]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#bab3d7 (#bab3d7) is rgb(186, 179, 215) in RGB.

No, #bab3d7 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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