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#bbb5df

a light, soft blue · warm · closest name: lavender

RGB
187, 181, 223
HSL
249°, 40%, 79%
CMYK
16, 19, 0, 13
Luminance
0.4894

Every format

HEX#bbb5df
RGBrgb(187, 181, 223)
HSLhsl(249, 40%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 19%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(75.4 10.5 -20.3)
LCHlch(75.4 22.8 297.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.792 0.059 291.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bbb5df;
background-color: #bbb5df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bbb5df] bg-[#bbb5df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bbb5df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.733, green: 0.710, blue: 0.875)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bbb5df")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bbb5df on white: 1.95:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bbb5df on black: 10.79:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.3%
Green71.0%
Blue87.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.1%
Magenta18.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Color previews

#bbb5df text on a black background

contrast 10.79:1

Card sample

#bbb5df text on a white background

contrast 1.95:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bbb5df;
Background color
Panel with #bbb5df background
background-color: #bbb5df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bbb5df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(187, 181, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(187, 181, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bbb5df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb5df, #D7B5DF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bbb5df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bbb5df in the Color Lab