#bbbdde

Color #bbbdde

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.43 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbdde

RGB

rgb(187, 189, 222)

HSL

hsl(236.6, 34.7%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.6, 15.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(77.42, 5.93, -16.69)

LCH

lch(77.42, 17.71, 289.56)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.0464, 282.57)

HWB

hwb(236.6, 73.3%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dedcbb

Analogous

#bbcede

#bbbdde

#cbbbde

Triadic

#bbbdde

#debbbd

#bddebb

Split-complementary

#bbbdde

#decbbb

#cedebb

Tetradic

#bbbdde

#dcbbde

#dedcbb

#bddebb

Square

#bbbdde

#debbce

#dedcbb

#bbdecb

Shades

Color #bbbdde mixed toward black.

#8d90c8

#5f64b2

#43478a

#2d2f5c

#16182e

Tints

Color #bbbdde mixed toward white.

#c6c8e4

#d2d3e9

#dddeef

#e8e9f4

#f4f4fa

Tones

Color #bbbdde mixed toward gray.

#bec0db

#c1c2d8

#c4c5d5

#c7c7d2

#cacacf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcd7 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#bcbcd5 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#bbd1cf · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 13.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbdde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbdde]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bbbdde (#bbbdde) is rgb(187, 189, 222) in RGB.

No, #bbbdde 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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