#bbcde8

Color #bbcde8

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 3.52 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bbcde8

RGB

rgb(187, 205, 232)

HSL

hsl(216, 49.5%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 19.4%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(81.87, -0.47, -15.36)

LCH

lch(81.87, 15.37, 268.25)

OKLCH

oklch(84.3%, 0.0426, 258.35)

HWB

hwb(216, 73.3%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8d6bb

Analogous

#bbe4e8

#bbcde8

#c0bbe8

Triadic

#bbcde8

#e8bbcd

#cde8bb

Split-complementary

#bbcde8

#e8c0bb

#e4e8bb

Tetradic

#bbcde8

#d6bbe8

#e8d6bb

#cde8bb

Square

#bbcde8

#e8bbe4

#e8d6bb

#bbe8c0

Shades

Color #bbcde8 mixed toward black.

#87a7d6

#5380c5

#355e9d

#233f68

#121f34

Tints

Color #bbcde8 mixed toward white.

#c6d5ec

#d2def0

#dde6f4

#e8eef7

#f4f7fb

Tones

Color #bbcde8 mixed toward gray.

#bfcee4

#c3cfe1

#c6cfdd

#cad0d9

#ced1d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c3e2 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#c2c1e0 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#bcdddc · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbcde8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbcde8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#bbcde8 (#bbcde8) is rgb(187, 205, 232) in RGB.

No, #bbcde8 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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