#bbb4eb

Color #bbb4eb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 17.86 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb4eb

RGB

rgb(187, 180, 235)

HSL

hsl(247.6, 57.9%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.6, 23.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(75.58, 13.7, -26.51)

LCH

lch(75.58, 29.84, 297.33)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.0776, 290.37)

HWB

hwb(247.6, 70.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4ebb4

Analogous

#b4c9eb

#bbb4eb

#d7b4eb

Triadic

#bbb4eb

#ebbbb4

#b4ebbb

Split-complementary

#bbb4eb

#ebd7b4

#c9ebb4

Tetradic

#bbb4eb

#ebb4e4

#e4ebb4

#b4ebbb

Square

#bbb4eb

#ebb4c9

#e4ebb4

#b4ebd7

Shades

Color #bbb4eb mixed toward black.

#8a7ddc

#5847ce

#3b2ca4

#271d6d

#140f37

Tints

Color #bbb4eb mixed toward white.

#c6c1ee

#d2cdf2

#dddaf5

#e8e6f8

#f4f3fc

Tones

Color #bbb4eb mixed toward gray.

#beb9e6

#c2bde2

#c5c2dd

#c9c6d9

#cccbd4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8df · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#b8b9dc · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#bbd5d3 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb4eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb4eb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbb4eb (#bbb4eb) is rgb(187, 180, 235) in RGB.

No, #bbb4eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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