#bbb5fb

Color #bbb5fb

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.91 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb5fb

RGB

rgb(187, 181, 251)

HSL

hsl(245.1, 89.7%, 84.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.1, 27.9%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(76.42, 16.83, -33.85)

LCH

lch(76.42, 37.8, 296.44)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.0983, 287.9)

HWB

hwb(245.1, 71%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5fbb5

Analogous

#b5d2fb

#bbb5fb

#deb5fb

Triadic

#bbb5fb

#fbbbb5

#b5fbbb

Split-complementary

#bbb5fb

#fbdeb5

#d2fbb5

Tetradic

#bbb5fb

#fbb5f5

#f5fbb5

#b5fbbb

Square

#bbb5fb

#fbb5d2

#f5fbb5

#b5fbde

Shades

Color #bbb5fb mixed toward black.

#7c71f7

#3d2cf4

#1c0bcd

#120789

#090444

Tints

Color #bbb5fb mixed toward white.

#c6c1fc

#d2cefc

#dddafd

#e8e6fe

#f4f3fe

Tones

Color #bbb5fb mixed toward gray.

#c0bbf5

#c5c1ef

#c9c6e9

#cecce4

#d3d2de

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8ed · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#b9b9e9 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#bbe0dd · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb5fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb5fb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbb5fb (#bbb5fb) is rgb(187, 181, 251) in RGB.

No, #bbb5fb 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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