#bbb4e2

Color #bbb4e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.85 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb4e2

RGB

rgb(187, 180, 226)

HSL

hsl(249.1, 44.2%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.1, 20.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(75.26, 11.7, -22.12)

LCH

lch(75.26, 25.02, 297.88)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0651, 291.83)

HWB

hwb(249.1, 70.6%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbe2b4

Analogous

#b4c4e2

#bbb4e2

#d2b4e2

Triadic

#bbb4e2

#e2bbb4

#b4e2bb

Split-complementary

#bbb4e2

#e2d2b4

#c4e2b4

Tetradic

#bbb4e2

#e2b4db

#dbe2b4

#b4e2bb

Square

#bbb4e2

#e2b4c4

#dbe2b4

#b4e2d2

Shades

Color #bbb4e2 mixed toward black.

#8f83cf

#6252bc

#463992

#2f2662

#171331

Tints

Color #bbb4e2 mixed toward white.

#c6c0e7

#d2cdec

#ddd9f0

#e8e6f5

#f4f2fa

Tones

Color #bbb4e2 mixed toward gray.

#beb8de

#c0bcda

#c3bfd6

#c6c3d3

#c8c7cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8d8 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#b8b9d6 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#bbd0ce · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb4e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb4e2]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbb4e2 (#bbb4e2) is rgb(187, 180, 226) in RGB.

No, #bbb4e2 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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