#b9b7ca

Color #b9b7ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.82 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b9b7ca

RGB

rgb(185, 183, 202)

HSL

hsl(246.3, 15.2%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.3, 9.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(75.1, 4.37, -9.32)

LCH

lch(75.1, 10.29, 295.12)

OKLCH

oklch(78.7%, 0.0267, 290.61)

HWB

hwb(246.3, 71.8%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8cab7

Analogous

#b7bfca

#b9b7ca

#c3b7ca

Triadic

#b9b7ca

#cab9b7

#b7cab9

Split-complementary

#b9b7ca

#cac3b7

#bfcab7

Tetradic

#b9b7ca

#cab7c8

#c8cab7

#b7cab9

Square

#b9b7ca

#cab7bf

#c8cab7

#b7cac3

Shades

Color #b9b7ca mixed toward black.

#9592af

#716d94

#55526f

#38364a

#1c1b25

Tints

Color #b9b7ca mixed toward white.

#c5c3d3

#d0cfdc

#dcdbe5

#e8e7ed

#f3f3f6

Tones

Color #b9b7ca mixed toward gray.

#bab9c8

#bcbac7

#bdbcc5

#bebdc4

#bfbfc2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8c6 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#b8b8c5 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#b9c2c1 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 9.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b9b7ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9b7ca]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b9b7ca (#b9b7ca) is rgb(185, 183, 202) in RGB.

No, #b9b7ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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