#bbd5de

Color #bbd5de

A muted very light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 5.82 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bbd5de

RGB

rgb(187, 213, 222)

HSL

hsl(195.4, 34.7%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.4, 15.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 4.1%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(83.67, -6.79, -7.35)

LCH

lch(83.67, 10.01, 227.27)

OKLCH

oklch(85.7%, 0.0306, 220.62)

HWB

hwb(195.4, 73.3%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dec4bb

Analogous

#bbded6

#bbd5de

#bbc4de

Triadic

#bbd5de

#debbd5

#d5debb

Split-complementary

#bbd5de

#debbc4

#ded6bb

Tetradic

#bbd5de

#c4bbde

#dec4bb

#d5debb

Square

#bbd5de

#d6bbde

#dec4bb

#c4debb

Shades

Color #bbd5de mixed toward black.

#8db9c8

#5f9cb2

#43788a

#2d505c

#16282e

Tints

Color #bbd5de mixed toward white.

#c6dce4

#d2e3e9

#ddeaef

#e8f1f4

#f4f8fa

Tones

Color #bbd5de mixed toward gray.

#bed4db

#c1d2d8

#c4d1d5

#c7cfd2

#cacecf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c7dc · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#c5c3db · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#bcdada · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbd5de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbd5de]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#bbd5de (#bbd5de) is rgb(187, 213, 222) in RGB.

No, #bbd5de 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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