#bbbbde

Color #bbbbde

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.74 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbbde

RGB

rgb(187, 187, 222)

HSL

hsl(240, 34.7%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 15.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(76.91, 7.02, -17.46)

LCH

lch(76.91, 18.82, 291.9)

OKLCH

oklch(80.4%, 0.0491, 285.22)

HWB

hwb(240, 73.3%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dedebb

Analogous

#bbcdde

#bbbbde

#cdbbde

Triadic

#bbbbde

#debbbb

#bbdebb

Split-complementary

#bbbbde

#decdbb

#cddebb

Tetradic

#bbbbde

#debbde

#dedebb

#bbdebb

Square

#bbbbde

#debbcd

#dedebb

#bbdecd

Shades

Color #bbbbde mixed toward black.

#8d8dc8

#5f5fb2

#43438a

#2d2d5c

#16162e

Tints

Color #bbbbde mixed toward white.

#c6c6e4

#d2d2e9

#ddddef

#e8e8f4

#f4f4fa

Tones

Color #bbbbde mixed toward gray.

#bebedb

#c1c1d8

#c4c4d5

#c7c7d2

#cacacf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbd6 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#bbbbd4 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#bbd0ce · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 13.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbbde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbbde]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bbbbde (#bbbbde) is rgb(187, 187, 222) in RGB.

No, #bbbbde 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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