#bfbfeb

Color #bfbfeb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.15 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bfbfeb

RGB

rgb(191, 191, 235)

HSL

hsl(240, 52.4%, 83.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 18.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(78.66, 8.93, -21.79)

LCH

lch(78.66, 23.55, 292.28)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.0616, 284.96)

HWB

hwb(240, 74.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebebbf

Analogous

#bfd5eb

#bfbfeb

#d5bfeb

Triadic

#bfbfeb

#ebbfbf

#bfebbf

Split-complementary

#bfbfeb

#ebd5bf

#d5ebbf

Tetradic

#bfbfeb

#ebbfeb

#ebebbf

#bfebbf

Square

#bfbfeb

#ebbfd5

#ebebbf

#bfebd5

Shades

Color #bfbfeb mixed toward black.

#8989da

#5353c9

#3333a2

#22226c

#111136

Tints

Color #bfbfeb mixed toward white.

#cacaee

#d4d4f2

#dfdff5

#eaeaf8

#f4f4fc

Tones

Color #bfbfeb mixed toward gray.

#c3c3e7

#c6c6e4

#cacae0

#cecedc

#d1d1d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfe1 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#bfbfdf · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#bfd9d8 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bfbfeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfbfeb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bfbfeb (#bfbfeb) is rgb(191, 191, 235) in RGB.

No, #bfbfeb 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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