#b1b1ca

Color #b1b1ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.73 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b1b1ca

RGB

rgb(177, 177, 202)

HSL

hsl(240, 19.1%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 12.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(72.93, 4.97, -12.64)

LCH

lch(72.93, 13.58, 291.46)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.0354, 285.57)

HWB

hwb(240, 69.4%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cacab1

Analogous

#b1bdca

#b1b1ca

#bdb1ca

Triadic

#b1b1ca

#cab1b1

#b1cab1

Split-complementary

#b1b1ca

#cabdb1

#bdcab1

Tetradic

#b1b1ca

#cab1ca

#cacab1

#b1cab1

Square

#b1b1ca

#cab1bd

#cacab1

#b1cabd

Shades

Color #b1b1ca mixed toward black.

#8b8bb0

#666696

#4d4d71

#33334b

#1a1a26

Tints

Color #b1b1ca mixed toward white.

#bebed3

#cbcbdc

#d8d8e4

#e5e5ed

#f2f2f6

Tones

Color #b1b1ca mixed toward gray.

#b3b3c8

#b5b5c6

#b7b7c4

#b9b9c2

#bbbbc0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1c4 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#b1b1c3 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#b1c0bf · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 11

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b1b1ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b1b1ca]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b1b1ca (#b1b1ca) is rgb(177, 177, 202) in RGB.

No, #b1b1ca is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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