#bbbfda

Color #bbbfda

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.47 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bbbfda

RGB

rgb(187, 191, 218)

HSL

hsl(232.3, 29.5%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.3, 14.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(77.81, 4, -13.94)

LCH

lch(77.81, 14.5, 286.01)

OKLCH

oklch(81%, 0.0382, 278.89)

HWB

hwb(232.3, 73.3%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dad6bb

Analogous

#bbceda

#bbbfda

#c6bbda

Triadic

#bbbfda

#dabbbf

#bfdabb

Split-complementary

#bbbfda

#dac6bb

#cedabb

Tetradic

#bbbfda

#d6bbda

#dad6bb

#bfdabb

Square

#bbbfda

#dabbce

#dad6bb

#bbdac6

Shades

Color #bbbfda mixed toward black.

#8f96c2

#646daa

#474f83

#303557

#181a2c

Tints

Color #bbbfda mixed toward white.

#c6cae0

#d2d4e6

#dddfec

#e8eaf3

#f4f4f9

Tones

Color #bbbfda mixed toward gray.

#bec1d7

#c0c3d5

#c3c5d2

#c5c7d0

#c8c9cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdd4 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#bdbcd2 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#bbcfce · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbbfda;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbbfda]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbbfda (#bbbfda) is rgb(187, 191, 218) in RGB.

No, #bbbfda 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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