#b3b2d9

Color #b3b2d9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.45 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#b3b2d9

RGB

rgb(179, 178, 217)

HSL

hsl(241.5, 33.9%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.5, 18%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(73.83, 8.3, -19.46)

LCH

lch(73.83, 21.16, 293.1)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.0552, 286.2)

HWB

hwb(241.5, 69.8%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8d9b2

Analogous

#b2c5d9

#b3b2d9

#c7b2d9

Triadic

#b3b2d9

#d9b3b2

#b2d9b3

Split-complementary

#b3b2d9

#d9c7b2

#c5d9b2

Tetradic

#b3b2d9

#d9b2d8

#d8d9b2

#b2d9b3

Square

#b3b2d9

#d9b2c5

#d8d9b2

#b2d9c7

Shades

Color #b3b2d9 mixed toward black.

#8886c3

#5c5aae

#434184

#2d2c58

#16162c

Tints

Color #b3b2d9 mixed toward white.

#c0bfdf

#cccce6

#d9d9ec

#e6e5f2

#f2f2f9

Tones

Color #b3b2d9 mixed toward gray.

#b6b5d6

#b9b9d3

#bcbccf

#bfbfcc

#c3c2c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3d0 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#b3b3ce · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#b3c9c8 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b3b2d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3b2d9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b3b2d9 (#b3b2d9) is rgb(179, 178, 217) in RGB.

No, #b3b2d9 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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