#b6b6e5

Color #b6b6e5

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.05 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b6b6e5

RGB

rgb(182, 182, 229)

HSL

hsl(240, 47.5%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 20.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(75.49, 9.71, -23.44)

LCH

lch(75.49, 25.37, 292.5)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0663, 284.77)

HWB

hwb(240, 71.4%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5e5b6

Analogous

#b6cee5

#b6b6e5

#ceb6e5

Triadic

#b6b6e5

#e5b6b6

#b6e5b6

Split-complementary

#b6b6e5

#e5ceb6

#cee5b6

Tetradic

#b6b6e5

#e5b6e5

#e5e5b6

#b6e5b6

Square

#b6b6e5

#e5b6ce

#e5e5b6

#b6e5ce

Shades

Color #b6b6e5 mixed toward black.

#8484d3

#5151c1

#363698

#242465

#121233

Tints

Color #b6b6e5 mixed toward white.

#c2c2e9

#ceceee

#dbdbf2

#e7e7f6

#f3f3fb

Tones

Color #b6b6e5 mixed toward gray.

#babae1

#bebedd

#c2c2d9

#c6c6d5

#cacad1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6db · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b6b6d8 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#b6d2d0 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 16.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6b6e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6b6e5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b6b6e5 (#b6b6e5) is rgb(182, 182, 229) in RGB.

No, #b6b6e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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