#bbb3fa

Color #bbb3fa

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.33 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb3fa

RGB

rgb(187, 179, 250)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 87.7%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 28.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(75.89, 17.7, -34.13)

LCH

lch(75.89, 38.45, 297.41)

OKLCH

oklch(79.9%, 0.0998, 289.07)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 70.2%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f2fab3

Analogous

#b3cefa

#bbb3fa

#dfb3fa

Triadic

#bbb3fa

#fabbb3

#b3fabb

Split-complementary

#bbb3fa

#fadfb3

#cefab3

Tetradic

#bbb3fa

#fab3f2

#f2fab3

#b3fabb

Square

#bbb3fa

#fab3ce

#f2fab3

#b3fadf

Shades

Color #bbb3fa mixed toward black.

#7f70f6

#432df1

#230dc9

#170986

#0c0443

Tints

Color #bbb3fa mixed toward white.

#c6c0fb

#d2ccfc

#ddd9fd

#e8e6fd

#f4f2fe

Tones

Color #bbb3fa mixed toward gray.

#c0b9f4

#c4bfee

#c9c5e8

#cdcbe2

#d2d1dc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8eb · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#b8b9e8 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#bbdfdc · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb3fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb3fa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbb3fa (#bbb3fa) is rgb(187, 179, 250) in RGB.

No, #bbb3fa 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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