#bbbfce

Color #bbbfce

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.81 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbfce

RGB

rgb(187, 191, 206)

HSL

hsl(227.4, 16.2%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.4, 9.2%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(77.45, 1.53, -7.99)

LCH

lch(77.45, 8.14, 280.84)

OKLCH

oklch(80.6%, 0.0216, 273.99)

HWB

hwb(227.4, 73.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cecabb

Analogous

#bbc9ce

#bbbfce

#c1bbce

Triadic

#bbbfce

#cebbbf

#bfcebb

Split-complementary

#bbbfce

#cec1bb

#c9cebb

Tetradic

#bbbfce

#cabbce

#cecabb

#bfcebb

Square

#bbbfce

#cebbc9

#cecabb

#bbcec1

Shades

Color #bbbfce mixed toward black.

#959bb3

#6f7797

#525972

#373b4c

#1b1e26

Tints

Color #bbbfce mixed toward white.

#c6cad6

#d2d4de

#dddfe7

#e8eaef

#f4f4f7

Tones

Color #bbbfce mixed toward gray.

#bdc0cc

#bec1cb

#c0c2c9

#c1c3c8

#c3c4c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdcb · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#bdbcca · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#bbc8c7 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbfce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbfce]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#bbbfce (#bbbfce) is rgb(187, 191, 206) in RGB.

No, #bbbfce 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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