#b8b8e6

Color #b8b8e6

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.41 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b8b8e6

RGB

rgb(184, 184, 230)

HSL

hsl(240, 47.9%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 20%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(76.18, 9.46, -22.91)

LCH

lch(76.18, 24.79, 292.44)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.0648, 284.85)

HWB

hwb(240, 72.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6e6b8

Analogous

#b8cfe6

#b8b8e6

#cfb8e6

Triadic

#b8b8e6

#e6b8b8

#b8e6b8

Split-complementary

#b8b8e6

#e6cfb8

#cfe6b8

Tetradic

#b8b8e6

#e6b8e6

#e6e6b8

#b8e6b8

Square

#b8b8e6

#e6b8cf

#e6e6b8

#b8e6cf

Shades

Color #b8b8e6 mixed toward black.

#8585d4

#5252c2

#363699

#242466

#121233

Tints

Color #b8b8e6 mixed toward white.

#c4c4ea

#d0d0ee

#dcdcf3

#e7e7f7

#f3f3fb

Tones

Color #b8b8e6 mixed toward gray.

#bcbce2

#c0c0de

#c4c4db

#c7c7d7

#cbcbd3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8dc · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b8b8da · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#b8d4d2 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 16.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b8b8e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8b8e6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b8b8e6 (#b8b8e6) is rgb(184, 184, 230) in RGB.

No, #b8b8e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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