#b3bcea

Color #b3bcea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.86 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b3bcea

RGB

rgb(179, 188, 234)

HSL

hsl(230.2, 56.7%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.2, 23.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(76.97, 6.66, -23.89)

LCH

lch(76.97, 24.8, 285.58)

OKLCH

oklch(80.4%, 0.0659, 276.19)

HWB

hwb(230.2, 70.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae1b3

Analogous

#b3d8ea

#b3bcea

#c6b3ea

Triadic

#b3bcea

#eab3bc

#bceab3

Split-complementary

#b3bcea

#eac6b3

#d8eab3

Tetradic

#b3bcea

#e1b3ea

#eae1b3

#bceab3

Square

#b3bcea

#eab3d8

#eae1b3

#b3eac6

Shades

Color #b3bcea mixed toward black.

#7d8cdb

#475dcc

#2d40a2

#1e2b6c

#0f1536

Tints

Color #b3bcea mixed toward white.

#c0c7ee

#ccd2f1

#d9def5

#e6e9f8

#f2f4fc

Tones

Color #b3bcea mixed toward gray.

#b8bfe5

#bcc2e1

#c1c5dc

#c5c8d8

#cacbd3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7e0 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#b6b6de · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#b3d8d6 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 16.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b3bcea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3bcea]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#b3bcea (#b3bcea) is rgb(179, 188, 234) in RGB.

No, #b3bcea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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