#bbbbdd

Color #bbbbdd

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.42 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbbdd

RGB

rgb(187, 187, 221)

HSL

hsl(240, 33.3%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 15.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(76.88, 6.8, -16.97)

LCH

lch(76.88, 18.28, 291.84)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.0477, 285.32)

HWB

hwb(240, 73.3%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddddbb

Analogous

#bbccdd

#bbbbdd

#ccbbdd

Triadic

#bbbbdd

#ddbbbb

#bbddbb

Split-complementary

#bbbbdd

#ddccbb

#ccddbb

Tetradic

#bbbbdd

#ddbbdd

#ddddbb

#bbddbb

Square

#bbbbdd

#ddbbcc

#ddddbb

#bbddcc

Shades

Color #bbbbdd mixed toward black.

#8e8ec6

#6060b0

#444488

#2d2d5b

#17172d

Tints

Color #bbbbdd mixed toward white.

#c6c6e3

#d2d2e8

#ddddee

#e8e8f4

#f4f4f9

Tones

Color #bbbbdd mixed toward gray.

#bebeda

#c1c1d7

#c4c4d4

#c6c6d2

#c9c9cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbd5 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#bbbbd4 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#bbcfce · ΔE 18.4

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbbdd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbbdd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bbbbdd (#bbbbdd) is rgb(187, 187, 221) in RGB.

No, #bbbbdd 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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