#bbacee

Color #bbacee

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.44 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#bbacee

RGB

rgb(187, 172, 238)

HSL

hsl(253.6, 66%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.6, 27.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(73.7, 18.79, -31.02)

LCH

lch(73.7, 36.27, 301.2)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.0939, 294.54)

HWB

hwb(253.6, 67.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfeeac

Analogous

#acbeee

#bbacee

#dcacee

Triadic

#bbacee

#eebbac

#aceebb

Split-complementary

#bbacee

#eedcac

#beeeac

Tetradic

#bbacee

#eeacdf

#dfeeac

#aceebb

Square

#bbacee

#eeacbe

#dfeeac

#aceedc

Shades

Color #bbacee mixed toward black.

#8c73e2

#5e3bd7

#4223aa

#2c1771

#160c39

Tints

Color #bbacee mixed toward white.

#c6baf1

#d2c8f4

#ddd6f7

#e8e3f9

#f4f1fc

Tones

Color #bbacee mixed toward gray.

#beb2e9

#c1b7e3

#c4bdde

#c7c2d8

#cac8d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5e0 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#b6b7dd · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#bad5d2 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbacee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbacee]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#bbacee (#bbacee) is rgb(187, 172, 238) in RGB.

No, #bbacee 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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