#b1cefb

Color #b1cefb

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.77 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b1cefb

RGB

rgb(177, 206, 251)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 90.2%, 83.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 29.5%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(82.08, 0.37, -25.22)

LCH

lch(82.08, 25.22, 270.84)

OKLCH

oklch(84.5%, 0.0706, 259.06)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 69.4%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbdeb1

Analogous

#b1f3fb

#b1cefb

#b9b1fb

Triadic

#b1cefb

#fbb1ce

#cefbb1

Split-complementary

#b1cefb

#fbb9b1

#f3fbb1

Tetradic

#b1cefb

#deb1fb

#fbdeb1

#cefbb1

Square

#b1cefb

#fbb1f3

#fbdeb1

#b1fbb9

Shades

Color #b1cefb mixed toward black.

#6da3f7

#2979f4

#0a56cb

#073988

#031d44

Tints

Color #b1cefb mixed toward white.

#bed6fc

#cbdefc

#d8e6fd

#e5effe

#f2f7fe

Tones

Color #b1cefb mixed toward gray.

#b7cff5

#bdd1ef

#c3d2e8

#cad3e2

#d0d5dc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebff1 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#bdbaef · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#b3e9e7 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b1cefb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b1cefb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#b1cefb (#b1cefb) is rgb(177, 206, 251) in RGB.

No, #b1cefb 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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