#bbb6ed

Color #bbb6ed

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 17.93 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bbb6ed

RGB

rgb(187, 182, 237)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 60.4%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 23.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(76.15, 13.05, -26.72)

LCH

lch(76.15, 29.74, 296.03)

OKLCH

oklch(79.9%, 0.0774, 288.69)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 71.4%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8edb6

Analogous

#b6cded

#bbb6ed

#d7b6ed

Triadic

#bbb6ed

#edbbb6

#b6edbb

Split-complementary

#bbb6ed

#edd7b6

#cdedb6

Tetradic

#bbb6ed

#edb6e8

#e8edb6

#b6edbb

Square

#bbb6ed

#edb6cd

#e8edb6

#b6edd7

Shades

Color #bbb6ed mixed toward black.

#877edf

#5346d1

#352aa8

#231c70

#120e38

Tints

Color #bbb6ed mixed toward white.

#c7c2f0

#d2cef3

#dddbf6

#e8e7f9

#f4f3fc

Tones

Color #bbb6ed mixed toward gray.

#bfbbe8

#c3bfe4

#c6c4df

#cac8db

#cecdd6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9e1 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#b9bade · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#bbd7d5 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbb6ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbb6ed]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbb6ed (#bbb6ed) is rgb(187, 182, 237) in RGB.

No, #bbb6ed 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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