#bbcae5

Color #bbcae5

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 3.09 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bbcae5

RGB

rgb(187, 202, 229)

HSL

hsl(218.6, 44.7%, 81.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.6, 18.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(80.99, 0.47, -15.07)

LCH

lch(80.99, 15.08, 271.79)

OKLCH

oklch(83.6%, 0.0413, 262.2)

HWB

hwb(218.6, 73.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5d6bb

Analogous

#bbdfe5

#bbcae5

#c1bbe5

Triadic

#bbcae5

#e5bbca

#cae5bb

Split-complementary

#bbcae5

#e5c1bb

#dfe5bb

Tetradic

#bbcae5

#d6bbe5

#e5d6bb

#cae5bb

Square

#bbcae5

#e5bbdf

#e5d6bb

#bbe5c1

Shades

Color #bbcae5 mixed toward black.

#89a3d2

#577cbf

#3a5b97

#263c64

#131e32

Tints

Color #bbcae5 mixed toward white.

#c6d3e9

#d2dcee

#dde5f2

#e8edf6

#f4f6fb

Tones

Color #bbcae5 mixed toward gray.

#bfcbe2

#c2ccde

#c6cddb

#c9ced7

#cdcfd4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c2df · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#c1c0dd · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#bcdad9 · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbcae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbcae5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbcae5 (#bbcae5) is rgb(187, 202, 229) in RGB.

No, #bbcae5 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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