#bbc3e7

Color #bbc3e7

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.96 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bbc3e7

RGB

rgb(187, 195, 231)

HSL

hsl(229.1, 47.8%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.1, 19%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 15.6%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(79.25, 4.65, -18.77)

LCH

lch(79.25, 19.34, 283.91)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.0513, 275.37)

HWB

hwb(229.1, 73.3%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7dfbb

Analogous

#bbd9e7

#bbc3e7

#c9bbe7

Triadic

#bbc3e7

#e7bbc3

#c3e7bb

Split-complementary

#bbc3e7

#e7c9bb

#d9e7bb

Tetradic

#bbc3e7

#dfbbe7

#e7dfbb

#c3e7bb

Square

#bbc3e7

#e7bbd9

#e7dfbb

#bbe7c9

Shades

Color #bbc3e7 mixed toward black.

#8896d5

#5468c3

#37499b

#243067

#121834

Tints

Color #bbc3e7 mixed toward white.

#c6cdeb

#d2d7ef

#dde1f3

#e8ebf7

#f4f5fb

Tones

Color #bbc3e7 mixed toward gray.

#bfc5e3

#c2c8e0

#c6cadc

#caccd8

#cdcfd5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfdf · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#bebddd · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#bbd8d7 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbc3e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbc3e7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#bbc3e7 (#bbc3e7) is rgb(187, 195, 231) in RGB.

No, #bbc3e7 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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