#b2bde5

Color #b2bde5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.55 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b2bde5

RGB

rgb(178, 189, 229)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 49.5%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 22.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(76.99, 4.67, -21.18)

LCH

lch(76.99, 21.69, 282.43)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.058, 272.97)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 69.8%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5dab2

Analogous

#b2d6e5

#b2bde5

#c1b2e5

Triadic

#b2bde5

#e5b2bd

#bde5b2

Split-complementary

#b2bde5

#e5c1b2

#d6e5b2

Tetradic

#b2bde5

#dab2e5

#e5dab2

#bde5b2

Square

#b2bde5

#e5b2d6

#e5dab2

#b2e5c1

Shades

Color #b2bde5 mixed toward black.

#7f91d4

#4d66c3

#334998

#223165

#111833

Tints

Color #b2bde5 mixed toward white.

#bfc8e9

#ccd3ee

#d8def2

#e5e9f6

#f2f4fb

Tones

Color #b2bde5 mixed toward gray.

#b6bfe1

#bac2dc

#bfc4d8

#c3c7d4

#c7c9d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7dc · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#b6b5da · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#b3d5d3 · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 14.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b2bde5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b2bde5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#b2bde5 (#b2bde5) is rgb(178, 189, 229) in RGB.

No, #b2bde5 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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