#bab6d9

Color #bab6d9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.27 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bab6d9

RGB

rgb(186, 182, 217)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 31.5%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 16.1%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(75.39, 8.35, -17.04)

LCH

lch(75.39, 18.98, 296.11)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0493, 290.53)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 71.4%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5d9b6

Analogous

#b6c3d9

#bab6d9

#cbb6d9

Triadic

#bab6d9

#d9bab6

#b6d9ba

Split-complementary

#bab6d9

#d9cbb6

#c3d9b6

Tetradic

#bab6d9

#d9b6d5

#d5d9b6

#b6d9ba

Square

#bab6d9

#d9b6c3

#d5d9b6

#b6d9cb

Shades

Color #bab6d9 mixed toward black.

#918ac2

#675eab

#4c4483

#322e57

#19172c

Tints

Color #bab6d9 mixed toward white.

#c5c2df

#d1cee6

#dcdaec

#e8e7f2

#f3f3f9

Tones

Color #bab6d9 mixed toward gray.

#bcb9d6

#bebcd3

#c1bfd0

#c3c2cd

#c5c4ca

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

#b8b8d1 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#b9b9cf · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#bacbc9 · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 14.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bab6d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bab6d9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bab6d9 (#bab6d9) is rgb(186, 182, 217) in RGB.

No, #bab6d9 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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