#b3b3d5

Color #b3b3d5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.51 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#b3b3d5

RGB

rgb(179, 179, 213)

HSL

hsl(240, 28.8%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 16%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 16%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(73.95, 6.88, -17.1)

LCH

lch(73.95, 18.43, 291.92)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0481, 285.19)

HWB

hwb(240, 70.2%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5d5b3

Analogous

#b3c4d5

#b3b3d5

#c4b3d5

Triadic

#b3b3d5

#d5b3b3

#b3d5b3

Split-complementary

#b3b3d5

#d5c4b3

#c4d5b3

Tetradic

#b3b3d5

#d5b3d5

#d5d5b3

#b3d5b3

Square

#b3b3d5

#d5b3c4

#d5d5b3

#b3d5c4

Shades

Color #b3b3d5 mixed toward black.

#8989be

#5f5fa7

#46467e

#2f2f54

#17172a

Tints

Color #b3b3d5 mixed toward white.

#c0c0dc

#cccce3

#d9d9ea

#e6e6f1

#f2f2f8

Tones

Color #b3b3d5 mixed toward gray.

#b6b6d2

#b9b9cf

#bcbccd

#bebeca

#c1c1c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3cd · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#b3b3cc · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#b3c7c6 · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 13.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b3b3d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b3b3d5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#b3b3d5 (#b3b3d5) is rgb(179, 179, 213) in RGB.

No, #b3b3d5 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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