#b3cdee

Color #b3cdee

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.99 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b3cdee

RGB

rgb(179, 205, 238)

HSL

hsl(213.6, 63.4%, 81.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.6, 24.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(81.52, -1.56, -19.14)

LCH

lch(81.52, 19.2, 265.34)

OKLCH

oklch(84%, 0.0543, 254.5)

HWB

hwb(213.6, 70.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eed4b3

Analogous

#b3eaee

#b3cdee

#b7b3ee

Triadic

#b3cdee

#eeb3cd

#cdeeb3

Split-complementary

#b3cdee

#eeb7b3

#eaeeb3

Tetradic

#b3cdee

#d4b3ee

#eed4b3

#cdeeb3

Square

#b3cdee

#eeb3ea

#eed4b3

#b3eeb7

Shades

Color #b3cdee mixed toward black.

#7aa8e1

#4282d5

#2660aa

#194072

#0d2039

Tints

Color #b3cdee mixed toward white.

#c0d5f1

#ccdef4

#d9e6f7

#e6eef9

#f2f7fc

Tones

Color #b3cdee mixed toward gray.

#b8cee9

#bdcee4

#c2cfdf

#c7cfda

#ccd0d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfe7 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#bdbbe5 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#b4e0df · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3cdee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3cdee]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#b3cdee (#b3cdee) is rgb(179, 205, 238) in RGB.

No, #b3cdee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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