#bbbbda

Color #bbbbda

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.63 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbbda

RGB

rgb(187, 187, 218)

HSL

hsl(240, 29.5%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 14.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(76.78, 6.16, -15.49)

LCH

lch(76.78, 16.67, 291.69)

OKLCH

oklch(80.2%, 0.0434, 285.35)

HWB

hwb(240, 73.3%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dadabb

Analogous

#bbcada

#bbbbda

#cabbda

Triadic

#bbbbda

#dabbbb

#bbdabb

Split-complementary

#bbbbda

#dacabb

#cadabb

Tetradic

#bbbbda

#dabbda

#dadabb

#bbdabb

Square

#bbbbda

#dabbca

#dadabb

#bbdaca

Shades

Color #bbbbda mixed toward black.

#8f8fc2

#6464aa

#474783

#303057

#18182c

Tints

Color #bbbbda mixed toward white.

#c6c6e0

#d2d2e6

#ddddec

#e8e8f3

#f4f4f9

Tones

Color #bbbbda mixed toward gray.

#bebed7

#c0c0d5

#c3c3d2

#c5c5d0

#c8c8cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbd3 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#bbbbd1 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#bbcdcc · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 12.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbbda;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbbda]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bbbbda (#bbbbda) is rgb(187, 187, 218) in RGB.

No, #bbbbda 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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