#bbadea

Color #bbadea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.62 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bbadea

RGB

rgb(187, 173, 234)

HSL

hsl(253.8, 59.2%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.8, 26.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(73.8, 17.33, -28.7)

LCH

lch(73.8, 33.53, 301.12)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.0869, 294.83)

HWB

hwb(253.8, 67.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dceaad

Analogous

#adbdea

#bbadea

#daadea

Triadic

#bbadea

#eabbad

#adeabb

Split-complementary

#bbadea

#eadaad

#bdeaad

Tetradic

#bbadea

#eaaddc

#dceaad

#adeabb

Square

#bbadea

#eaadbd

#dceaad

#adeada

Shades

Color #bbadea mixed toward black.

#8e77dc

#6241ce

#452aa2

#2e1c6c

#170e36

Tints

Color #bbadea mixed toward white.

#c6bbed

#d2c8f1

#ddd6f4

#e8e4f8

#f4f1fb

Tones

Color #bbadea mixed toward gray.

#beb2e5

#c1b7e0

#c3bcdb

#c6c1d6

#c9c6d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5dd · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#b6b7da · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#bad2d0 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbadea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbadea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#bbadea (#bbadea) is rgb(187, 173, 234) in RGB.

No, #bbadea 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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