#bbbdca

Color #bbbdca

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.06 Nearest Tailwind class gray-300 #d1d5dc · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbdca

RGB

rgb(187, 189, 202)

HSL

hsl(232, 12.4%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232, 7.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(76.81, 1.81, -6.77)

LCH

lch(76.81, 7.01, 284.97)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.0183, 279.1)

HWB

hwb(232, 73.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cac8bb

Analogous

#bbc5ca

#bbbdca

#c1bbca

Triadic

#bbbdca

#cabbbd

#bdcabb

Split-complementary

#bbbdca

#cac1bb

#c5cabb

Tetradic

#bbbdca

#c8bbca

#cac8bb

#bdcabb

Square

#bbbdca

#cabbc5

#cac8bb

#bbcac1

Shades

Color #bbbdca mixed toward black.

#979aae

#727691

#55586d

#393b49

#1c1d24

Tints

Color #bbbdca mixed toward white.

#c6c8d3

#d2d3dc

#dddee5

#e8e9ed

#f4f4f6

Tones

Color #bbbdca mixed toward gray.

#bcbec9

#bebfc8

#bfc0c6

#c0c1c5

#c1c2c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcc7 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#bcbcc6 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#bbc5c4 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 6.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbdca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbdca]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbbdca (#bbbdca) is rgb(187, 189, 202) in RGB.

No, #bbbdca 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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