#bab4e7

Color #bab4e7

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.18 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#bab4e7

RGB

rgb(186, 180, 231)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 51.5%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 22.1%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(75.36, 12.49, -24.69)

LCH

lch(75.36, 27.67, 296.83)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.072, 290.07)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 70.6%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1e7b4

Analogous

#b4c8e7

#bab4e7

#d4b4e7

Triadic

#bab4e7

#e7bab4

#b4e7ba

Split-complementary

#bab4e7

#e7d4b4

#c8e7b4

Tetradic

#bab4e7

#e7b4e1

#e1e7b4

#b4e7ba

Square

#bab4e7

#e7b4c8

#e1e7b4

#b4e7d4

Shades

Color #bab4e7 mixed toward black.

#8a80d6

#5b4cc6

#3e329c

#2a2168

#151134

Tints

Color #bab4e7 mixed toward white.

#c6c1eb

#d1cdef

#dddaf3

#e8e6f7

#f4f3fb

Tones

Color #bab4e7 mixed toward gray.

#bdb8e3

#c1bddf

#c4c1da

#c7c5d6

#cac9d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7dc · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#b8b8d9 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#bad3d1 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bab4e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bab4e7]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bab4e7 (#bab4e7) is rgb(186, 180, 231) in RGB.

No, #bab4e7 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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