#bbcaf8

Color #bbcaf8

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.32 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bbcaf8

RGB

rgb(187, 202, 248)

HSL

hsl(225.2, 81.3%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.2, 24.6%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(81.61, 4.71, -24.28)

LCH

lch(81.61, 24.73, 280.98)

OKLCH

oklch(84.3%, 0.0665, 270.78)

HWB

hwb(225.2, 73.3%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8e9bb

Analogous

#bbe9f8

#bbcaf8

#cabbf8

Triadic

#bbcaf8

#f8bbca

#caf8bb

Split-complementary

#bbcaf8

#f8cabb

#e9f8bb

Tetradic

#bbcaf8

#e9bbf8

#f8e9bb

#caf8bb

Square

#bbcaf8

#f8bbe9

#f8e9bb

#bbf8ca

Shades

Color #bbcaf8 mixed toward black.

#7997f1

#3864ea

#1440c5

#0e2b83

#071542

Tints

Color #bbcaf8 mixed toward white.

#c6d3f9

#d2dcfa

#dde5fb

#e8edfd

#f4f6fe

Tones

Color #bbcaf8 mixed toward gray.

#c0cdf3

#c5cfee

#cad2e9

#cfd4e4

#d4d7df

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c2ee · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#c1c0eb · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#bce6e4 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbcaf8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbcaf8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbcaf8 (#bbcaf8) is rgb(187, 202, 248) in RGB.

No, #bbcaf8 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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