#b6b9e8

Color #b6b9e8

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.33 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b6b9e8

RGB

rgb(182, 185, 232)

HSL

hsl(236.4, 52.1%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.4, 21.6%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(76.36, 8.75, -23.74)

LCH

lch(76.36, 25.3, 290.23)

OKLCH

oklch(79.9%, 0.0664, 281.9)

HWB

hwb(236.4, 71.4%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8e5b6

Analogous

#b6d2e8

#b6b9e8

#ccb6e8

Triadic

#b6b9e8

#e8b6b9

#b9e8b6

Split-complementary

#b6b9e8

#e8ccb6

#d2e8b6

Tetradic

#b6b9e8

#e5b6e8

#e8e5b6

#b9e8b6

Square

#b6b9e8

#e8b6d2

#e8e5b6

#b6e8cc

Shades

Color #b6b9e8 mixed toward black.

#8287d8

#4d54c7

#32389d

#212569

#111334

Tints

Color #b6b9e8 mixed toward white.

#c2c5ec

#ced0f0

#dbdcf4

#e7e8f7

#f3f3fb

Tones

Color #b6b9e8 mixed toward gray.

#babde4

#bec0e0

#c3c4dc

#c7c8d7

#cbcbd3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7de · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#b7b7db · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#b6d5d3 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 16.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6b9e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6b9e8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b6b9e8 (#b6b9e8) is rgb(182, 185, 232) in RGB.

No, #b6b9e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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