#b2b5e6

Color #b2b5e6

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.68 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b2b5e6

RGB

rgb(178, 181, 230)

HSL

hsl(236.5, 51%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.5, 22.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(74.97, 9.27, -24.8)

LCH

lch(74.97, 26.48, 290.5)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.0695, 281.96)

HWB

hwb(236.5, 69.8%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6e3b2

Analogous

#b2cfe6

#b2b5e6

#c9b2e6

Triadic

#b2b5e6

#e6b2b5

#b5e6b2

Split-complementary

#b2b5e6

#e6c9b2

#cfe6b2

Tetradic

#b2b5e6

#e3b2e6

#e6e3b2

#b5e6b2

Square

#b2b5e6

#e6b2cf

#e6e3b2

#b2e6c9

Shades

Color #b2b5e6 mixed toward black.

#7f84d5

#4b52c5

#32389a

#212567

#111333

Tints

Color #b2b5e6 mixed toward white.

#bfc1ea

#ccceee

#d8daf3

#e5e6f7

#f2f3fb

Tones

Color #b2b5e6 mixed toward gray.

#b6b9e2

#bbbddd

#bfc1d9

#c3c4d5

#c8c8d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3db · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#b3b3d9 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#b2d3d1 · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 17.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b2b5e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b2b5e6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b2b5e6 (#b2b5e6) is rgb(178, 181, 230) in RGB.

No, #b2b5e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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