#b5b4c5

Color #b5b4c5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.52 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b4c5

RGB

rgb(181, 180, 197)

HSL

hsl(243.5, 12.8%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.5, 8.6%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(73.87, 3.64, -8.47)

LCH

lch(73.87, 9.22, 293.26)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0239, 288.51)

HWB

hwb(243.5, 70.6%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4c5b4

Analogous

#b4bbc5

#b5b4c5

#bdb4c5

Triadic

#b5b4c5

#c5b5b4

#b4c5b5

Split-complementary

#b5b4c5

#c5bdb4

#bbc5b4

Tetradic

#b5b4c5

#c5b4c4

#c4c5b4

#b4c5b5

Square

#b5b4c5

#c5b4bb

#c4c5b4

#b4c5bd

Shades

Color #b5b4c5 mixed toward black.

#9290aa

#6f6e8e

#54526a

#383747

#1c1b23

Tints

Color #b5b4c5 mixed toward white.

#c1c0cf

#cecdd8

#dad9e2

#e6e6ec

#f3f2f5

Tones

Color #b5b4c5 mixed toward gray.

#b6b5c4

#b7b7c2

#b9b8c1

#bababf

#bbbbbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5c1 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#b5b5c0 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#b5bebd · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 8.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b4c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b4c5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b5b4c5 (#b5b4c5) is rgb(181, 180, 197) in RGB.

No, #b5b4c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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