#bbaeff

Color #bbaeff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bbaeff

RGB

rgb(187, 174, 255)

HSL

hsl(249.6, 100%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.6, 31.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(74.86, 21.64, -38.42)

LCH

lch(74.86, 44.1, 299.39)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.1141, 290.9)

HWB

hwb(249.6, 68.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f2ffae

Analogous

#aec9ff

#bbaeff

#e3aeff

Triadic

#bbaeff

#ffbbae

#aeffbb

Split-complementary

#bbaeff

#ffe3ae

#c9ffae

Tetradic

#bbaeff

#ffaef2

#f2ffae

#aeffbb

Square

#bbaeff

#ffaec9

#f2ffae

#aeffe3

Shades

Color #bbaeff mixed toward black.

#7f66ff

#431fff

#2200d6

#17008f

#0b0047

Tints

Color #bbaeff mixed toward white.

#c6bbff

#d2c9ff

#ddd6ff

#e8e4ff

#f4f1ff

Tones

Color #bbaeff mixed toward gray.

#bfb5f8

#c4bbf1

#c9c2eb

#cdc9e4

#d2d0dd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b5ef · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#b6b7eb · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#bae1dd · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbaeff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbaeff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbaeff (#bbaeff) is rgb(187, 174, 255) in RGB.

No, #bbaeff 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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