#b6bbef

Color #b6bbef

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.4 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b6bbef

RGB

rgb(182, 187, 239)

HSL

hsl(234.7, 64%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.7, 23.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(77.11, 9.26, -26.36)

LCH

lch(77.11, 27.94, 289.36)

OKLCH

oklch(80.6%, 0.0736, 280.33)

HWB

hwb(234.7, 71.4%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efeab6

Analogous

#b6d7ef

#b6bbef

#cdb6ef

Triadic

#b6bbef

#efb6bb

#bbefb6

Split-complementary

#b6bbef

#efcdb6

#d7efb6

Tetradic

#b6bbef

#eab6ef

#efeab6

#bbefb6

Square

#b6bbef

#efb6d7

#efeab6

#b6efcd

Shades

Color #b6bbef mixed toward black.

#7c85e2

#4350d6

#2632ad

#192173

#0d113a

Tints

Color #b6bbef mixed toward white.

#c2c6f2

#ced2f4

#daddf7

#e7e8fa

#f3f4fc

Tones

Color #b6bbef mixed toward gray.

#bbbfea

#bfc3e5

#c4c7e1

#c9cbdc

#ceced7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8e4 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#b8b8e1 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#b6dad8 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 17.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6bbef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6bbef]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b6bbef (#b6bbef) is rgb(182, 187, 239) in RGB.

No, #b6bbef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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