#bbc1eb

Color #bbc1eb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.1 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bbc1eb

RGB

rgb(187, 193, 235)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 54.5%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 20.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(78.87, 6.61, -21.5)

LCH

lch(78.87, 22.49, 287.09)

OKLCH

oklch(82%, 0.0594, 278.62)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 73.3%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebe5bb

Analogous

#bbd9eb

#bbc1eb

#cdbbeb

Triadic

#bbc1eb

#ebbbc1

#c1ebbb

Split-complementary

#bbc1eb

#ebcdbb

#d9ebbb

Tetradic

#bbc1eb

#e5bbeb

#ebe5bb

#c1ebbb

Square

#bbc1eb

#ebbbd9

#ebe5bb

#bbebcd

Shades

Color #bbc1eb mixed toward black.

#858fdb

#4e5ecb

#303ea3

#202a6d

#101536

Tints

Color #bbc1eb mixed toward white.

#c6cbee

#d2d6f2

#dde0f5

#e8eaf8

#f4f5fc

Tones

Color #bbc1eb mixed toward gray.

#bfc4e7

#c3c7e3

#c7cadf

#cbcddb

#cfd0d7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebee2 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#bdbddf · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#bbdad8 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbc1eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbc1eb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbc1eb (#bbc1eb) is rgb(187, 193, 235) in RGB.

No, #bbc1eb 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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