#b3e5eb

Color #b3e5eb

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 1.75 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b3e5eb

RGB

rgb(179, 229, 235)

HSL

hsl(186.4, 58.3%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.4, 23.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(87.78, -14.65, -8.17)

LCH

lch(87.78, 16.77, 209.15)

OKLCH

oklch(88.9%, 0.0519, 205.43)

HWB

hwb(186.4, 70.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebb9b3

Analogous

#b3ebd5

#b3e5eb

#b3c9eb

Triadic

#b3e5eb

#ebb3e5

#e5ebb3

Split-complementary

#b3e5eb

#ebb3c9

#ebd5b3

Tetradic

#b3e5eb

#b9b3eb

#ebb9b3

#e5ebb3

Square

#b3e5eb

#d5b3eb

#ebb9b3

#c9ebb3

Shades

Color #b3e5eb mixed toward black.

#7cd2dd

#46c0ce

#2b97a4

#1d656d

#0e3237

Tints

Color #b3e5eb mixed toward white.

#c0e9ee

#cceef2

#d9f2f5

#e6f6f8

#f2fbfc

Tones

Color #b3e5eb mixed toward gray.

#b8e1e6

#bcdee2

#c1dadd

#c6d6d8

#cad3d4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbea · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#c8c4e9 · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#b6e8e8 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3e5eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3e5eb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#b3e5eb (#b3e5eb) is rgb(179, 229, 235) in RGB.

No, #b3e5eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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