#b3b0ca

Color #b3b0ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.66 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b3b0ca

RGB

rgb(179, 176, 202)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 19.7%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 12.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(72.82, 6.18, -12.78)

LCH

lch(72.82, 14.2, 295.81)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.0369, 290.79)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 69%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7cab0

Analogous

#b0baca

#b3b0ca

#c0b0ca

Triadic

#b3b0ca

#cab3b0

#b0cab3

Split-complementary

#b3b0ca

#cac0b0

#bacab0

Tetradic

#b3b0ca

#cab0c7

#c7cab0

#b0cab3

Square

#b3b0ca

#cab0ba

#c7cab0

#b0cac0

Shades

Color #b3b0ca mixed toward black.

#8f8ab1

#6b6597

#504c71

#35334b

#1b1926

Tints

Color #b3b0ca mixed toward white.

#c0bdd3

#cccadc

#d9d7e4

#e6e5ed

#f2f2f6

Tones

Color #b3b0ca mixed toward gray.

#b5b2c8

#b6b4c6

#b8b6c3

#bab9c1

#bbbbbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2c4 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#b2b2c3 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#b3bfbe · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 11.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b3b0ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3b0ca]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#b3b0ca (#b3b0ca) is rgb(179, 176, 202) in RGB.

No, #b3b0ca 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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