#bab5e1

Color #bab5e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.27 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bab5e1

RGB

rgb(186, 181, 225)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 42.3%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 19.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(75.4, 10.62, -21.37)

LCH

lch(75.4, 23.86, 296.43)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0621, 290.07)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 71%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dce1b5

Analogous

#b5c6e1

#bab5e1

#d0b5e1

Triadic

#bab5e1

#e1bab5

#b5e1ba

Split-complementary

#bab5e1

#e1d0b5

#c6e1b5

Tetradic

#bab5e1

#e1b5dc

#dce1b5

#b5e1ba

Square

#bab5e1

#e1b5c6

#dce1b5

#b5e1d0

Shades

Color #bab5e1 mixed toward black.

#8d85cd

#6055ba

#443b90

#2e2760

#171430

Tints

Color #bab5e1 mixed toward white.

#c5c1e6

#d1ceeb

#dcdaf0

#e8e6f5

#f3f3fa

Tones

Color #bab5e1 mixed toward gray.

#bdb9dd

#c0bcda

#c2c0d6

#c5c4d2

#c8c7cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8d7 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#b8b9d5 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#bacfce · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 16.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bab5e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bab5e1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bab5e1 (#bab5e1) is rgb(186, 181, 225) in RGB.

No, #bab5e1 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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