#bbabff

Color #bbabff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.85 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbabff

RGB

rgb(187, 171, 255)

HSL

hsl(251.4, 100%, 83.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.4, 32.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(74.13, 23.31, -39.55)

LCH

lch(74.13, 45.91, 300.51)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.1186, 292.2)

HWB

hwb(251.4, 67.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efffab

Analogous

#abc5ff

#bbabff

#e5abff

Triadic

#bbabff

#ffbbab

#abffbb

Split-complementary

#bbabff

#ffe5ab

#c5ffab

Tetradic

#bbabff

#ffabef

#efffab

#abffbb

Square

#bbabff

#ffabc5

#efffab

#abffe5

Shades

Color #bbabff mixed toward black.

#8164ff

#481dff

#2800d5

#1b008e

#0d0047

Tints

Color #bbabff mixed toward white.

#c6b9ff

#d2c7ff

#ddd5ff

#e8e3ff

#f4f1ff

Tones

Color #bbabff mixed toward gray.

#bfb2f8

#c4b9f1

#c8c0ea

#ccc7e3

#d1cedc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4ee · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#b5b6ea · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#bae0dc · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bbabff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbabff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#bbabff (#bbabff) is rgb(187, 171, 255) in RGB.

No, #bbabff 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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