#b8b4ee

Color #b8b4ee

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 19.67 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b8b4ee

RGB

rgb(184, 180, 238)

HSL

hsl(244.1, 63%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.1, 24.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(75.45, 13.47, -28.35)

LCH

lch(75.45, 31.39, 295.41)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.0817, 287.53)

HWB

hwb(244.1, 70.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaeeb4

Analogous

#b4cdee

#b8b4ee

#d5b4ee

Triadic

#b8b4ee

#eeb8b4

#b4eeb8

Split-complementary

#b8b4ee

#eed5b4

#cdeeb4

Tetradic

#b8b4ee

#eeb4ea

#eaeeb4

#b4eeb8

Square

#b8b4ee

#eeb4cd

#eaeeb4

#b4eed5

Shades

Color #b8b4ee mixed toward black.

#827be1

#4d43d4

#3027aa

#201a72

#100d39

Tints

Color #b8b4ee mixed toward white.

#c4c1f1

#d0cdf4

#dcdaf7

#e7e6f9

#f3f3fc

Tones

Color #b8b4ee mixed toward gray.

#bcb9e9

#c0bee4

#c5c3e0

#c9c7db

#cdccd6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6e2 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#b7b7df · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#b8d7d5 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8b4ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8b4ee]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b8b4ee (#b8b4ee) is rgb(184, 180, 238) in RGB.

No, #b8b4ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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