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#BBB7F5 Color

#BBB7F5 is rgb(187, 183, 245) in RGB, hsl(244, 76%, 84%) in HSL, and about cmyk(24%, 25%, 0%, 4%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Maximum Blue Purple (#ACACE6), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 4.96. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#BBB7F5
HEX#BBB7F5
RGBrgb(187, 183, 245)
HSLhsl(244, 76%, 84%)
HSVhsv(244, 25%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(24%, 25%, 0%, 4%)
OKLCHoklch(80.4% 0.087 287.2)
LABlab(76.40% 11.23 -30.47)
LCHlch(76.40% 32.47 290.23)

What #BBB7F5 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #BBB7F5, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every blue in the library.

#BBB7F5 Channel Values

How #BBB7F5 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 187 · G 183 · B 2458-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 244° · S 76% · L 84%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 244° · S 25% · V 96%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 24% · M 25% · Y 0% · K 4%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.87:1 vs white · 11.2:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #BBB7F5 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.87:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text11.2:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #BBB7F5

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #BBB7F5; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #BBB7F5

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #BBB7F5.

How #BBB7F5 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#BBB7F5
Protanopia#B8B8F5
Protanomaly#B9B7F5
Deuteranopia#B8B8F5
Deuteranomaly#B9B8F5
Tritanopia#B1C0C0
Tritanomaly#B5BDD7
Achromatopsia#BDBDBD

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #BBB7F5 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-bbb7f5: #BBB7F5;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #BBB7F5;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-bbb7f5': '#BBB7F5' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.733, green: 0.718, blue: 0.961)
Android XML<color name="color_bbb7f5">#BBB7F5</color>
SVG fillfill="#BBB7F5"

More Blue Colors

#BBB7F5 sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#BBB7F5 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #BBB7F5?

#BBB7F5 is a lightest blue — rgb(187, 183, 245) in RGB and hsl(244, 76%, 84%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Maximum Blue Purple (#ACACE6), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 4.96.

What is the RGB value of #BBB7F5?

#BBB7F5 is rgb(187, 183, 245) — red 187, green 183, and blue 245 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #BBB7F5?

#BBB7F5 converts to approximately cmyk(24%, 25%, 0%, 4%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #BBB7F5 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #BBB7F5 scores 1.87:1 against white and 11.2:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #BBB7F5 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #BBB7F5 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is lightsteelblue (#B0C4DE) at a CIE76 distance of 20.71, which is visibly different.

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