#bbc0e6

Color #bbc0e6

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.47 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bbc0e6

RGB

rgb(187, 192, 230)

HSL

hsl(233, 46.2%, 81.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233, 18.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(78.45, 6.05, -19.45)

LCH

lch(78.45, 20.37, 287.28)

OKLCH

oklch(81.6%, 0.0537, 279.22)

HWB

hwb(233, 73.3%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6e1bb

Analogous

#bbd6e6

#bbc0e6

#ccbbe6

Triadic

#bbc0e6

#e6bbc0

#c0e6bb

Split-complementary

#bbc0e6

#e6ccbb

#d6e6bb

Tetradic

#bbc0e6

#e1bbe6

#e6e1bb

#c0e6bb

Square

#bbc0e6

#e6bbd6

#e6e1bb

#bbe6cc

Shades

Color #bbc0e6 mixed toward black.

#8891d3

#5562c1

#384398

#252d66

#131633

Tints

Color #bbc0e6 mixed toward white.

#c6cbea

#d2d5ee

#dde0f3

#e8eaf7

#f4f5fb

Tones

Color #bbc0e6 mixed toward gray.

#bfc3e2

#c2c6df

#c6c8db

#c9cbd8

#cdced4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdde · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#bdbddc · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#bbd7d5 · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbc0e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbc0e6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bbc0e6 (#bbc0e6) is rgb(187, 192, 230) in RGB.

No, #bbc0e6 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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