#b6bde4

Color #b6bde4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.66 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b6bde4

RGB

rgb(182, 189, 228)

HSL

hsl(230.9, 46%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.9, 20.2%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(77.25, 5.68, -20.23)

LCH

lch(77.25, 21.01, 285.68)

OKLCH

oklch(80.6%, 0.0556, 277.13)

HWB

hwb(230.9, 71.4%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4ddb6

Analogous

#b6d4e4

#b6bde4

#c6b6e4

Triadic

#b6bde4

#e4b6bd

#bde4b6

Split-complementary

#b6bde4

#e4c6b6

#d4e4b6

Tetradic

#b6bde4

#ddb6e4

#e4ddb6

#bde4b6

Square

#b6bde4

#e4b6d4

#e4ddb6

#b6e4c6

Shades

Color #b6bde4 mixed toward black.

#8490d2

#5263bf

#374696

#252e64

#121732

Tints

Color #b6bde4 mixed toward white.

#c2c8e9

#ced3ed

#dbdef2

#e7e9f6

#f3f4fb

Tones

Color #b6bde4 mixed toward gray.

#bac0e0

#bec2dc

#c2c5d9

#c5c8d5

#c9cad1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9db · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#b9b8d9 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#b6d4d3 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 14.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b6bde4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6bde4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#b6bde4 (#b6bde4) is rgb(182, 189, 228) in RGB.

No, #b6bde4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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