#b6bae6

Color #b6bae6

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.68 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b6bae6

RGB

rgb(182, 186, 230)

HSL

hsl(235, 49%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235, 20.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(76.54, 7.75, -22.37)

LCH

lch(76.54, 23.67, 289.11)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.0623, 280.82)

HWB

hwb(235, 71.4%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6e2b6

Analogous

#b6d2e6

#b6bae6

#cab6e6

Triadic

#b6bae6

#e6b6ba

#bae6b6

Split-complementary

#b6bae6

#e6cab6

#d2e6b6

Tetradic

#b6bae6

#e2b6e6

#e6e2b6

#bae6b6

Square

#b6bae6

#e6b6d2

#e6e2b6

#b6e6ca

Shades

Color #b6bae6 mixed toward black.

#838ad5

#5059c3

#353d99

#232966

#121433

Tints

Color #b6bae6 mixed toward white.

#c2c6ea

#ced1ee

#dbddf3

#e7e8f7

#f3f4fb

Tones

Color #b6bae6 mixed toward gray.

#babde2

#bec1de

#c2c4da

#c6c7d6

#cacbd2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8dc · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b8b7da · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#b6d4d3 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6bae6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6bae6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b6bae6 (#b6bae6) is rgb(182, 186, 230) in RGB.

No, #b6bae6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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