#bbceee

Color #bbceee

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.96 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bbceee

RGB

rgb(187, 206, 238)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 60%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 21.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(82.31, 0.32, -17.89)

LCH

lch(82.31, 17.89, 271.02)

OKLCH

oklch(84.8%, 0.0493, 260.9)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 73.3%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eedbbb

Analogous

#bbe7ee

#bbceee

#c1bbee

Triadic

#bbceee

#eebbce

#ceeebb

Split-complementary

#bbceee

#eec1bb

#e7eebb

Tetradic

#bbceee

#dbbbee

#eedbbb

#ceeebb

Square

#bbceee

#eebbe7

#eedbbb

#bbeec1

Shades

Color #bbceee mixed toward black.

#82a5e0

#4a7cd2

#2a5aaa

#1c3c71

#0e1e39

Tints

Color #bbceee mixed toward white.

#c6d6f1

#d2def4

#dde6f6

#e8eff9

#f4f7fc

Tones

Color #bbceee mixed toward gray.

#bfcfea

#c3d0e5

#c8d1e1

#ccd2dd

#d0d3d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c4c4e7 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#c2c1e5 · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#bce1e0 · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 12.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bbceee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbceee]

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

#bbceee (#bbceee) is rgb(187, 206, 238) in RGB.

No, #bbceee 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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