#bbb5e4

Color #bbb5e4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.3 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb5e4

RGB

rgb(187, 181, 228)

HSL

hsl(247.7, 46.5%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.7, 20.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(75.58, 11.59, -22.71)

LCH

lch(75.58, 25.5, 297.04)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.0663, 290.68)

HWB

hwb(247.7, 71%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dee4b5

Analogous

#b5c6e4

#bbb5e4

#d3b5e4

Triadic

#bbb5e4

#e4bbb5

#b5e4bb

Split-complementary

#bbb5e4

#e4d3b5

#c6e4b5

Tetradic

#bbb5e4

#e4b5de

#dee4b5

#b5e4bb

Square

#bbb5e4

#e4b5c6

#dee4b5

#b5e4d3

Shades

Color #bbb5e4 mixed toward black.

#8d83d2

#5f51c0

#433796

#2d2464

#161232

Tints

Color #bbb5e4 mixed toward white.

#c6c1e8

#d2ceed

#dddaf1

#e8e6f6

#f4f3fa

Tones

Color #bbb5e4 mixed toward gray.

#beb9e0

#c1bddc

#c4c1d8

#c7c5d4

#cac9d0

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

#b8b8da · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#b9b9d7 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#bbd1cf · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb5e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb5e4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbb5e4 (#bbb5e4) is rgb(187, 181, 228) in RGB.

No, #bbb5e4 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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