#bb9ffb

Color #bb9ffb

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 19.59 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bb9ffb

RGB

rgb(187, 159, 251)

HSL

hsl(258.3, 92%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.3, 36.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 36.7%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(71.09, 29.02, -42.13)

LCH

lch(71.09, 51.16, 304.56)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.1318, 297.19)

HWB

hwb(258.3, 62.4%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dffb9f

Analogous

#9fb1fb

#bb9ffb

#e99ffb

Triadic

#bb9ffb

#fbbb9f

#9ffbbb

Split-complementary

#bb9ffb

#fbe99f

#b1fb9f

Tetradic

#bb9ffb

#fb9fdf

#dffb9f

#9ffbbb

Square

#bb9ffb

#fb9fb1

#dffb9f

#9ffbe9

Shades

Color #bb9ffb mixed toward black.

#8d5df8

#5e1cf6

#4208c5

#2c0583

#160342

Tints

Color #bb9ffb mixed toward white.

#c6affc

#d2bffc

#ddcffd

#e8dffe

#f4effe

Tones

Color #bb9ffb mixed toward gray.

#bea7f3

#c1aeec

#c4b6e4

#c7bedc

#cac5d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0afe9 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#b1b3e4 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#bad9d6 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 24.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb9ffb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb9ffb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#bb9ffb (#bb9ffb) is rgb(187, 159, 251) in RGB.

No, #bb9ffb 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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