#b5bee5

Color #b5bee5

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.27 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b5bee5

RGB

rgb(181, 190, 229)

HSL

hsl(228.8, 48%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.8, 21%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(77.46, 5.05, -20.44)

LCH

lch(77.46, 21.05, 283.88)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.056, 274.92)

HWB

hwb(228.8, 71%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5dcb5

Analogous

#b5d6e5

#b5bee5

#c4b5e5

Triadic

#b5bee5

#e5b5be

#bee5b5

Split-complementary

#b5bee5

#e5c4b5

#d6e5b5

Tetradic

#b5bee5

#dcb5e5

#e5dcb5

#bee5b5

Square

#b5bee5

#e5b5d6

#e5dcb5

#b5e5c4

Shades

Color #b5bee5 mixed toward black.

#8292d3

#5065c1

#354898

#243065

#121833

Tints

Color #b5bee5 mixed toward white.

#c1c9e9

#ced4ee

#dadef2

#e6e9f6

#f3f4fb

Tones

Color #b5bee5 mixed toward gray.

#b9c0e1

#bdc3dd

#c1c6d9

#c5c8d5

#c9cbd1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9dc · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#b8b8da · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#b5d5d4 · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 14.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5bee5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5bee5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#b5bee5 (#b5bee5) is rgb(181, 190, 229) in RGB.

No, #b5bee5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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