#bbced9

Color #bbced9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 8.03 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bbced9

RGB

rgb(187, 206, 217)

HSL

hsl(202, 28.3%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202, 13.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(81.68, -4.18, -7.62)

LCH

lch(81.68, 8.69, 241.25)

OKLCH

oklch(84.1%, 0.0258, 233.04)

HWB

hwb(202, 73.3%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9c6bb

Analogous

#bbd9d5

#bbced9

#bbbfd9

Triadic

#bbced9

#d9bbce

#ced9bb

Split-complementary

#bbced9

#d9bbbf

#d9d5bb

Tetradic

#bbced9

#c6bbd9

#d9c6bb

#ced9bb

Square

#bbced9

#d5bbd9

#d9c6bb

#bfd9bb

Shades

Color #bbced9 mixed toward black.

#90afc1

#6590a9

#486d82

#304856

#18242b

Tints

Color #bbced9 mixed toward white.

#c6d6df

#d2dee6

#dde6ec

#e8eff2

#f4f7f9

Tones

Color #bbced9 mixed toward gray.

#bdcdd6

#c0cdd4

#c2ccd1

#c5cbcf

#c7cbcc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c4c4d6 · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#c2c1d6 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#bcd4d4 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 8.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bbced9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbced9]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#bbced9 (#bbced9) is rgb(187, 206, 217) in RGB.

No, #bbced9 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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