#b2b2e7

Color #b2b2e7

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 17.29 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b2b2e7

RGB

rgb(178, 178, 231)

HSL

hsl(240, 52.5%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 22.9%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(74.24, 11.15, -26.46)

LCH

lch(74.24, 28.71, 292.85)

OKLCH

oklch(78.2%, 0.0751, 284.5)

HWB

hwb(240, 69.8%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7e7b2

Analogous

#b2cde7

#b2b2e7

#cdb2e7

Triadic

#b2b2e7

#e7b2b2

#b2e7b2

Split-complementary

#b2b2e7

#e7cdb2

#cde7b2

Tetradic

#b2b2e7

#e7b2e7

#e7e7b2

#b2e7b2

Square

#b2b2e7

#e7b2cd

#e7e7b2

#b2e7cd

Shades

Color #b2b2e7 mixed toward black.

#7e7ed7

#4a4ac7

#31319c

#202068

#101034

Tints

Color #b2b2e7 mixed toward white.

#bfbfeb

#ccccef

#d9d9f3

#e5e5f7

#f2f2fb

Tones

Color #b2b2e7 mixed toward gray.

#b6b6e3

#bbbbde

#bfbfda

#c4c4d5

#c8c8d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2dc · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b2b2d9 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#b2d2d0 · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b2b2e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b2b2e7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b2b2e7 (#b2b2e7) is rgb(178, 178, 231) in RGB.

No, #b2b2e7 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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